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Policies and Guidance
For FY2023, NHGRI’s extramural program will be operating under the NHGRI 2020 Strategic Vision.
… of disease; the implementation and effectiveness of genomic medicine, computational genomics and data science; training, developing, and expanding the … and ethical, legal, and social issues related to genomic advances. … NHGRI encourages investigator-initiated research through NIH parent announcements. Because NHGRI’s research mission is …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
…  In response to the current global pandemic, NIH is aggressively tackling the biomedical research … through May 15, 2020. In both the short- and long-term, genomic studies have the potential to yield valuable … tracking, genetic epidemiology, and the use of shared data-analysis platforms, among others. ​ One specific example …
News Release
NIH leaders are calling for the scientific community to develop a consensus on the appropriate use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research.
… in biomedical research, National Institute of Health (NIH) leaders are calling for the scientific community to … NHGRI and NIMHD to discuss the use of race and ethnicity data in genomics, biomedical, and clinical research , and its … identity, family background and ancestry derived from genomic analyses," said Dr. Green. NHGRI and NIMHD are …
News Release
NIH is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to accelerate the use of genome sequencing in clinical care for all individuals.
… The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to … and best practices to ensure that the effectiveness of genomic medicine can be applied to all individuals and … and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), both part of NIH. The new grants will support the development of methods …
Research Funding
Funded in 2016 to harmonize, access, and analyze the data produced by the sequencing centers.
… were funded in 2016 to harmonize, access, and analyze the data produced by the sequencing centers. The GSPACs undertake … investigator-initiated computational analyses on GSP data and develop methods to discover variants underlying … Funded in 2016 to harmonize, access, and analyze the data produced by the sequencing centers. ​ …
Event
The Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Consortium presented a half-day workshop on the accessibility & utilization of ENCODE data.
… workshop on the accessibility & utilization of ENCODE data. The workshop included an introduction to the ENCODE project and resources available to access ENCODE data, as well as specific research applications using ENCODE data. Additionally, there was designated time for attendees …
News Release
NIH expands its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Project, which is creating a fundamental genomics resource scientists to study human health and disease.
… The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to expand its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements … genome sequences and to understand the consequence of genomic variation," said Elise Feingold, Ph.D., a program … National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, the ENCODE Project strives to catalog all the genes and …
Research Funding
A scalable and interoperable resource that leverages cloud-based infrastructure for genomic data access, sharing and computing.​
… use of human genomics and other controlled-access data in compliance with the informed consent of a study’s participants. Multiple NIH DACs piloted the system through several rounds of … A list of available datasets can be found in the DUOS Data Library. … as initiatives funded by National Institutes of Health (NIH), or by other agencies that support human genomics …
Staff
Rebecca Hong is a scientific program analyst in the Policy and Program Analysis Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… Rebecca Hong is a scientific program analyst for the Policy and Program Analysis Branch (PPAB) at the National … The focus areas of her work are FDA regulation of genomic technologies and U.S. science policy legislation. … Rebecca also serves as NHGRI's liaison with the NIH Office of AIDS Research and helps coordinate annual …
For Patients and Families
The partnership engages communities on genomics, informs and shares perspectives, and impacts the focus of research.
… diverse populations to engage communities around genomic science, to inform and share perspectives about genomic research, and to impact the focus of research. Guided … NHGRI and other National Institutes of Health (NIH) institutes, and national and international …