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The PAGE Consortium investigates ancestrally diverse populations to gain a better understanding of how genetic factors influence susceptibility to disease.
… causal genetic variants across approximately 100,000 African Americans, Asian Americans, American Indians, … efforts entirely on approximately 50,000 non-European ancestry individuals to better characterize how genetic …
Research Funding
The IGNITE PTN supports a network of multi-site clinical groups involving diverse settings and populations to conduct two pragmatic clinical trials of genomic medicine interventions.
… L1 (APOL1) genetic risk information to hypertensive African ancestry patients and their primary care providers on …
Outreach
The Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition celebrates the 10th anniversary of the initial sequencing of the human genome.
… History - Improve Your Health A demonstration of how your ancestry, family culture, and lifestyle choices can influence … Parts of the Cell, Chromosomes and Gene What's a Gene? The African Diaspora: Integrating Culture, Genomics and Histor …
News Release
The NHGRI Short Course in Genomics brings the latest genomics science to the classroom.
… DNA testing kits, which affect our understanding of ancestry and identity. But while students are eager to learn … Indian, Alaska Native, Hispanic or Latinx, and Black or African American students. During the course, teachers work …
Educational Resources
Population genomics is the application of genomic technologies to understand populations of organisms.
… population genomics research can be used to study human ancestry, migrations and health. …
Staff
Abdel Elkahloun is an associate investigator in NHGRI's Office of Scientific Core Facilities.
… in Omental Adipose Tissue of Morbidly Obese Diabetic African Americans. J Endocrinol Metab, 5(3): 199-210. 2015. [ … Zhou J, McLeod H, Adeyemo A, Rotimi CN. Pharmacogenomics, ancestry and clinical decision making for global populations. …
Staff
Reagan Moseti Mogire is a postdoctoral research fellow with a background in medical biochemistry, molecular biology, and genetic epidemiology.
… an MSc in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology from Pan African University and a BSc in Medical Biochemistry from the … novel genetic variants associated with vitamin D status in African populations. After his PhD, Dr. Mogire was awarded a … emphasis on liver function and metabolomics within African American and African populations. Motivated by a …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have developed the Families Sharing Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation (SHARE) workbook, which helps people use their family history to assess their risk for heart disease, diabetes, breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
… on the efficacy of the workbook that they posed to African American communities.  Your browser does not support … such as changing their behavior and seeking clinical care. African Americans experience a disproportionately high number … to other racial and ethnic groups in the United States. African American families are also exposed to social and …
Funded Research
The Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (AGMR) program stimulates innovation and advance understanding of when, where and how best to implement the use of genomic information and technologies in clinical care.
… Health System Aimé Lumaka Zola Universite De Kinshasa African Rare Diseases Initiative (ARDI): Advancing Genomic … Genomic Medicine: Identifying and Overcoming Obstacles for African American Communities **Past Grantees More information …