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Research Funding
The Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) maintains and updates the human genome reference and provides it to the scientific community.
… the genomics community. The NHGRI Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) provides funding for efforts to maintain and … of the HGRP February 13, 2023 Human Genome Reference Program Planning Meeting October 13, 2022 Human Genome Reference Program Webinar March 8, 2019 Human Genome Reference Web …
Staff
Heather Colley is a Lead Research Training and Career Development Program Officer at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… is the Lead Research Training and Career Development Program Officer at the National Human Genome Research … Consortium , IGNITE Consortium , and the NIH Common Fund Undiagnosed Diseases Network . Her research interests focus on ensuring … implications of genome-wide association loci for human diseases and traits. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA , 106(23):9362-7. …
Staff
Cynthia Tifft, M.D., Ph.D. is the deputy clinical director for the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… as deputy clinical director and directs the Pediatric Undiagnosed Diseases Program. Dr. Tifft received her B.A. in biology from Revelle … disease. Isogenic disease and control iPS lines from both diseases have been differentiated into cerebral organoids in … GM2 (Tay-Sachs) disease. As director of the Pediatric Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP), part of the Undiagnosed …
Research Funding
The $1,000 Genome Program was a coordinated effort to support the development of technologies to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, a move aimed at broadening the applications of genomic information in medical research and health care.
… research and health care. Some of the successes of this program, which culminated in 2014, are described in Nature : … Genome.” The history and achievements of the $1,000 Genome Program, which was led by Dr. Jeffery Schloss , as the Sequencing Technology Development Program Director at NHGRI, are further highlighted below. …
Event
NHGRI, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) will host a pre-application interactive webinar for the Multi-Omics for Health and Disease program funding opportunity announcements (FOAs): RFA-HG-22-008,
RFA-HG-22-009 and RFA-HG-22-010.
… Welcome and Participation Guidelines — Erin Ramos Program Overview — Joannella Morales Background and Rationale … webinar for the Multi-Omics for Health and Disease program funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). NIH program staff will provide an overview of the three FOAs, the …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have discovered that Mediterranean populations may be more susceptible to an autoinflammatory disease because of evolutionary pressure to survive the bubonic plague.
… by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and the Center for Research on Genomics and Global …
News Release
Dr. Shchelochkov will oversee the research training, fellowship and residency programs at the institute.
… — should be enormously valuable as he leads this program.” I am particularly enthusiastic about both the depth … — should be enormously valuable as he leads this program. NHGRI has one of the most extensive genomics … benefit the field. He will work with other NHGRI training program leaders like Melissa Merideth, M.D., M.P.H. of the …
Clinical Research
In the late 90’s and early 2000’s, scientists at the NIH highlighted an increased incidence of Parkinson disease among patients with GD and their families.
… manifestations associated with Gaucher disease. Diseases. 2;5(1). pii: E10. doi: 10.3390/diseases5010010. …
Fact Sheet
Gene therapy for sickle cell disease is available to you through FDA-approved therapies and through clinical trials.
Jobs at NHGRI
NHGRI is seeking applicants for the position of Program Director (PD) of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics (LGG) Fellowship & Director of Genetics Education (DGE), which plays a critical role in leading and overseeing all aspects of our ACGME-accredited programs.
… NHGRI is seeking applicants for the position of Program Director (PD) of Laboratory Genetics and Genomics … Laboratory Genetics and Genomics fellowship program; (2) develop and implement comprehensive curriculum … LGG Program Leadership and Administration Contribute to strategic …