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Fosters basic and applied research on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic and genomic research. ​
… Since its creation in 1990, the ELSI Research Program has supported a large body of research on a wide … To capture this diversity of issues, the ELSI Research Program has identified four broad areas of research: Genomics … applicants are strongly encouraged to contact an ELSI Program Officer (PO) prior to initiating plans for …
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Dr. William A. Gahl is a senior investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch and the director of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program.
… at the NIH's Interinstitute Medical Genetics Training Program, which he directed from 1989 to 1994. Dr. Gahl's … are also heavily engaged in the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP), an initiative that Dr. Gahl established in … evidence that the mutation causes the disease. The program has spearheaded the discovery of a new disease of …
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American Indians and Alaska Natives IRB training programs at NIH ensure the welfare of people participating in federally regulated research.
… outcomes of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) training program for American Indians and Alaska Natives at the … the Cherokee Nation who participated in the IRB training program, the aha moment came when she reviewed the January … two American Indian participants to the NIH IRB training program in 2014. Dr. Hull has a dual appointment as a faculty …
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The following are research areas of interest that have been identified by the participating NIH institutes, centers, and offices (ICOs) on the investigator-initiated ELSI Research Grants (R01, R21, R03). Program Officer(s) contact information is also included for each ICO.
… ELSI Research Grants ( R01 , R21 , R03 ). Program Officer(s) contact information is also included for … R21 , R03 ) Since its creation in 1990, the ELSI Research Program has supported a large body of research on a wide … we understand what it means to be human. The ELSI Research Program has identified four broad areas of research: Norms, …
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NHGRI convened geneticists, biologists, clinicians, bioinformatics specialists and more to provide expert advice on the future of its Genome Sequencing Program.
… advice on the future of its flagship Genome Sequencing Program (GSP). … Large-Scale Sequencing and Analysis Center (LSAC) program, the GSP now includes the Centers for Mendelian Genomics program, the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) … expert advice on the future of its Genome Sequencing Program. ​ …
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NIH will hold a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" with members of its NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… (NHGRI) Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program, a part of the Division of Genomics and Society. … follow along with the conversation during the Reddit AMA. Program experts are prepared to discuss numerous important … raise? The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program, is designed to bring together experts in …
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Dr. Joshua Denny is the head of the NHGRI Precision Health Informatics Section and Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program.
… such as Vanderbilt’s BioVU, eMERGE, the All of Us Research Program, and UK Biobank to better understand disease and drug … by helping launch the prospective PREDICT pharmacogenomics program at Vanderbilt and within the NHGRI IGNITE Network. … of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program. …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… assume his new position as CEO of the All of Us  Research Program. That news is very exciting to the broader NIH. … to NHGRI. In addition to leading the All of Us  Research Program , Josh will be moving his research group from … Vanderbilt University to the NHGRI Intramural Research Program  (IRP). Josh is a world leader in clinical …
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This content map provides an overview of the Contacts by Research Area webpage. Use the drop-down menu to see the subtopics under each category.
… NHGRI Extramural Scientific Areas of Emphasis and Program Contacts …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the recent launch of the NHGRI Genomic Innovator Award.
… to the genomics enterprise, NHGRI recently launched a new program - the NHGRI Genomic Innovator Award  - that aims to … support to highly creative investigators. With this new program, NHGRI joins in the larger NIH experiment to fund … projects.' Like the NIH Director's New Innovator Award  program, the NHGRI Genomic Innovator Award has a strong …