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Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program addresses the growing need for genetic counseling services.
… March 20, 2026 Update: Unfortunately, the JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training program will be sunsetting as …  For questions, please contact Megan Cho at megan.cho@nih.gov . Drawing on resources from three outstanding … Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at …
Staff
Dr. Gerard Bouffard directs the Bioinformatics Group at the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… of the Human Genome Project. In 1997, he co-founded the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) as director of the … Gerard Bouffard, NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), bioinformatics, … Gerard Bouffard, NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), bioinformatics, …
Clinical Research
GENE-FORECAST® is developing a community cohort and resource for defining the significance of ancestry-related genomic variation in African-Americans.
… of Cardiovascular Disease in Africans Americans Study (GENE-FORECAST®) study is developing a community-based cohort and novel … the pathogenesis of CVD in AA. The specific goals of the study are: To examine the associations between common or … be consented and invited to an evaluation visit in the NIH Clinical Center; and 2) we will conduct a community …
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 … institutions around the country. For example, a number of NIH Institutes and Centers have issued funding opportunity … and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), have initiated a study to quantify undetected cases of coronavirus infection . …
News Release
NHGRI has selected James Thomas, Ph.D., as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC), to will oversee the importation and use of DNA sequencing technologies, protocols and analyses, ensuring that NIH investigators have access to cutting-edge DNA sequencing methods and specialized genomics protocols to meet their research needs.Â
… (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has selected James Thomas, Ph.D. , as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC). In this role, Dr. … technologies, protocols and analyses, ensuring that NIH investigators have access to cutting-edge DNA sequencing …
Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NHGRI Genetic Counseling Training Program prepares students for a M.S in Genetic Counseling from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
… The JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program prepares students for … programs and is based on coursework taken at the NIH and Johns Hopkins, a minimum of six hundred contact hours … GCTP Program of Study …
News Release
NIH-backed African scientists are engaged in a global research endeavor to understand the genetic basis of disease in all populations.
… NIH-backed African scientists are engaged in a global … the globe. In 2010, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund and the United Kingdom's Wellcome Trust, in … concerns Language, culture and the education level of study subjects can make research challenging for African …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes James Thomas as the new director for NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… short tandem repeats. The researchers applied the tool to study 460 whole-genome sequences, revealing hundreds of … testing methods.  This research was funded by the NIH with a grant ( PA-20-185 ) to Melissa Gymrek, Ph.D., who … James Thomas, Ph.D. , as the new director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC) . NISC provides …
News Release
NIH researchers identified gene variants that cause a rare syndrome of sporadic fevers, skin rashes and recurring strokes, beginning early in childhood.
… The NIH group first encountered a patient with the syndrome … was no history of a similar illness in the family, the NIH group did not at first suspect a genetic cause, and … new insights into blood vessel disease. In their study, which appears in the Feb. 19, 2014, advance online …
Staff
Dr. James Thomas is the acting director for the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… Dr. James Thomas is the director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center. He oversees the importation … technologies, protocols and analyses, ensuring that NIH investigators have access to cutting-edge DNA sequencing … School of Medicine before returning to NHGRI and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center in 2011.  …