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The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project will create a resource that researchers can use to study how inherited changes in genes lead to common diseases
… set of analyses from the GTEx Consortium were published in Science . The latest GTEx data release represents the … Launched by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in September 2010 (See: NIH launches Genotype-Tissue … a resource that researchers can use to study how inherited changes in genes lead to common diseases. It will establish a …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH uses genomic tools to understand the pathobiology of metabolic disorders, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and kidney disease.
… uses genomic tools to understand the pathobiology of metabolic disorders, including obesity, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and kidney diseases, in different human populations with particular attention to … to study how "old" genes interact with "new" environments in the evolution of common complex traits. …
Staff
Dr. Randy Chandler is an associate investigator in the Organic Acid Research Section of the Metabolic Medicine Branch in NHGRI.
… Dr. Randy Chandler is an associate investigator in the Organic Acid Research (OAR) Section of the Metabolic Medicine Branch in NHGRI. He earned a bachelor of … the Emmanuel Shapira Award from the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders in 2007, the Charles J. Epstein Trainee …
Staff
Dr. Ferreira was a staff clinician in the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch and the head of the Skeletal Genomics Unit.
… Medicine residency at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago (2009-2012), a fellowship in Clinical Genetics at … Lausanne, Switzerland, and in the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders North American Metabolic Academy (SIMD NAMA). He also teaches the MEDI 507 …
Staff
Dr. Dan Kastner is an NIH Distinguished Investigator in Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch.
… Dr. Dan Kastner obtained his A.B. summa cum laude in philosophy from Princeton University in 1973 and a Ph.D. and M.D. from Baylor College of Medicine … Dan moved to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1985. He served as Scientific Director of the Division of …
Staff
Dr. Manoli is a pediatrician, clinical and biochemical geneticist in the Organic Acid Research Section of the Metabolic Medicine Branch at NHGRI.
… is a pediatrician, clinical and biochemical geneticist in the Organic Acid Research Section of the Metabolic Medicine Branch at NHGRI. She earned her medical … degree, a Masters and PhD from the University of Athens in Greece; she completed her pediatric residency at John …
Event
Annual scientific lecture honoring NHGRI's founding scientific director, Jeffrey M. Trent, Ph.D.
… MIT and Harvard, will present the lecture, Perspectives on Cancer Precision Medicine . Dr. Golub is a world leader in using genomics tools to understand the basis of cancer. He … diseases. Golub is also the Charles A. Dana Investigator in Human Cancer Genetics at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute …
Staff
Dr. Gordon-Lipkin is a researcher and child neurologist with expertise in neurodevelopmental disabilities in the Metabolism, Infection and Immunity (MINI) Section.
… is a researcher and child neurologist with expertise in neurodevelopmental disabilities in the Metabolism, Infection and Immunity (MINI) Section, at … her medical training from the University of Maryland in Baltimore; residency in pediatrics from the Mount Sinai …
Clinical Research
The Metabolism, Infection and Immunity (MINI) Section aims to define the relationship between infection, immunity and clinical decline in individuals with mitochondrial disease.
… between infection, immunity and clinical decline in individuals with mitochondrial disease. Mitochondrial … with the cell’s ability to produce energy. Infection in individuals with mitochondrial disease can lead to … Disease NIH Clinical Center Acute Infection in Mitochondrial Disease At-Home Participation Use of …
News Release
In an article published in the American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers have found that words scientists use to describe populations have changed from 1949 to 2018.
… ethnicity — significantly changed from 1949 to 2018. Such changes and their timing, along with new descriptors for … on its own but is used more when paired with “ethnicity.” In addition, the use of “ancestry” and “ethnicity” also has … Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, was published today in the American Journal of Human Genetics . For the field of …