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About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… ** James Watson was the first NHGRI Director and appears here as part of our history collection. Despite … career was also punctuated by a number of offensive and scientifically erroneous comments about his beliefs on race, nationalities, homosexuality, gender and other societal topics. Dr. Watson’s opinions on these …
The Genomics Landscape
In the August 6, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about NHGRI's completion of the third phase of the ENCODE Project and how it reveals the most extensive catalog to date of candidate functional elements that may regulate the genes in the human and mouse genomes.
… As the summer heat bears down on the country and the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic continues, I … about the importance of science and its critical role in society, and NHGRI remains more committed than ever to facilitating the use of genomics for addressing all threats to human health – …
Staff
Dr. Simona Volpi is the deputy director of the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… Dr. Volpi is the deputy director of the the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome … responsible for managing a portfolio of extramural grants and contracts related to the Genotype-Tissue Expression … Project as well as the newly established Implementing Genomics in Practice II (IGNITE-II) program. Dr. Volpi is …
The Genomics Landscape
In April 6, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about how NHGRI will hold a symposium on National DNA Day, April 25, highlighting relevant and interesting topics in genomics and concluding with the annual Louise M. Slaughter National DNA Day Lecture.
… to the issue’s publication of Charles’ 2022 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) presidential address, … . The address pointed out that “as we learn to read and interpret information coded in the living and evolving genomic history book of billions of individuals …
Staff
Jyoti Dayal is a program officer in the Division of Genomic Medicine, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
… Ms. Dayal is a program officer in the Division of Genomic Medicine, National Human Genome Research … She joined the Extramural Research Program in 2015, and her portfolio includes the NIH Common Fund Undiagnosed … Diseases Network (UDN) and Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) programs. …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps progress from NHGRI strategic planning process events in 2018.
… As signaled by the rapid arrival of cold weather and the seemingly overnight arrival of holiday-themed daily … is rapidly coming to an end. It has been another energetic and productive year at NHGRI, with every indication that 2019 will keep us just as busy. In particular - and as you will read below - the NHGRI strategic planning …
About Genomics
The Human Genome Project was an inward voyage of discovery led by an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species.
… of a select set of organisms. Launched in October 1990 and completed in April 2003, the Human Genome Project’s … which has since accelerated the study of human biology and improved the practice of medicine. Learn more about the … an international team of researchers looking to sequence and map all the genes of our species. …
Jobs at NHGRI
NHGRI has four position openings for Health Scientist Administrators (Program Director and Scientific Review Officer). Program Director positions will have a special concentration in informatics and data science and will be located in the Division of Genomic Medicine, the Division of Genome Sciences, or the Office of Genomic Data Science. Scientific Review Officers will reside in the Division of Extramural Operations and will organize peer review meetings for all areas of genomic research at NHGRI.
… HHS and NIH are Equal Opportunity Employers. … groups. The Program Director in the position in the Division of Genomic Medicine  will provide … provide scientific expertise and support of computational genomics and data science activities within NHGRI and across …
Health
Genomic medicine involves using genomic information as part of clinical care and the health outcomes and policy implications of that clinical use.
… care (e.g. for diagnostic or therapeutic decision-making) and the health outcomes and policy implications of that clinical use. Already, … an impact in the fields of oncology, pharmacology, rare and undiagnosed diseases, and infectious disease. … has called for the adoption of 'precision medicine,' where genomics, epigenomics, environmental exposure, and other data …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 12, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the 20-year anniversary of the publications that reported the draft human genome sequence.
… Lander will serve as President Biden’s science advisor and director of the White House Office of Science and … Nelson will serve as OSTP deputy director for science and society. I look forward to working with them in the coming … the first seminar in the new Bold Predictions for Human Genomics by 2030 seminar series is now available for viewing. …