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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 …
Policies and Guidance
The NHGRI funding policy is aimed at accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs that improve human health.
… NHGRI supports the development of resources; methods and technologies that will accelerate research in … the biology of disease; advancing the science of medicine; and improving the effectiveness of healthcare. NHGRI also … in the ethical, legal and societal implications of genomics research, clinical implementation of genomics, …
Graduate Medical Education
An opportunity for a 4-to-8-week elective in the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD.
… Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. It is open to residents and clinical fellows enrolled in ACGME-accredited training … rotations also have exposure to the design, conduct, and management of investigational protocols, including … However, all residents are required to have their salary and benefits continued, and their malpractice/liability …
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. …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
Discipline-specific genomic competencies are knowledge and skills that a provider needs in order to perform specific functions in genomic healthcare. Competency-based healthcare education is an outcomes-based approach that uses competencies to organize and structure curricula and continuing education.
… Discipline-specific genomic competencies are knowledge and skills that a provider needs in order to perform specific … to successfully practice as a genetic counselor. Medical School Education 2022 Association of Professors of … for undergraduate medical education in genetics and genomics October 2022 The published updated competencies …
History of Genomics Program
The NHGRI History of Genomics Archive is a digital archive that holds a wealth of materials from the early stages of the Human Genome Project and provides a unique and detailed look into how the field has developed in the decades following.
… The NHGRI History of Genomics Archive is composed of the papers and materials of former leadership staff of NHGRI, previously … history of the Human Genome Project provides a unique and detailed look into how the field has developed in the … and repairing descriptions in finding aids and catalog records if they contain inappropriate language. Some …
News Release
Experts discussed the gaps, challenges and opportunities in genomics at Genomic Medicine Meeting VIII: NHGRI's Genomic Medicine Portfolio, sponsored by NHGRI.
… Integrating genomics into medical settings is a chicken-or-the-egg … that genomics improves doctors' ability to diagnose and treat disease, but genomics must first be implemented into medical settings to gather that evidence. … such as genomic testing and its integration into electronic health records, fragmented health care delivery …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.
… sequence of an organism only reveals part of the story - and that it is also important to determine how that organism interprets its genome and uses that information to build and operate itself accordingly? Less than 2 percent of the … contains all of the biological instructions to develop and operate that organism - we now know that the DNA bases …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 7, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) consortium's publishing of a collection of papers that reported the first truly complete sequence of the human genome.
… of spring brings some good budgetary news for NIH and NHGRI. On March 11, the U.S. Congress passed a Fiscal … Year 2022 budget, we can now move forward with funding and conducting the planned 2022 research activities. In a … additional internal reorganization, NHGRI’s Communications and Public Liaison Branch (CPLB) was recently renamed the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 1, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., focuses on the NHGRI History of Genomics Program's preservation of historical assets related to the field of genomics as it celebrates its 10th anniversary.
… As you make your Fall plans — and if you happen to find yourself in the D.C. area — I would … History. As described in the December 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape , the exhibition first opened at the … of the discovery of the double-helical structure of DNA and the 10th anniversary of the completion of the Human …