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eMERGE
Important information about RFAs, upcoming dates, frequently asked questions and helpful links.
… about RFAs, upcoming dates, frequently asked questions and helpful links. … Q&A webinar for the eMERGE Genomic Risk Assessment and Management Network funding opportunities. Frequently … can be used to formulate a genomic risk assessment and management plan? Each genomic risk assessment must …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recalls the White House event announcing the draft human genome sequence.
… As is likely the case for many of your organizations, NHGRI and NIH are starting to bring some of our staff back to the physical workplace. This will obviously be a complex and lengthy process! As has been the case for the past few … or at our physical workspaces at NIH. To foster a safe and fair research and training environment, combating all …
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 … outcomes-based approach that uses competencies to organize and structure curricula and continuing education.  Click on … to successfully practice as a genetic counselor. Medical School Education 2022 Association of Professors of …
Fact Sheet
Your mental and physical health are deeply connected. Mental health is important for your overall health and quality of life.
… As a person living with sickle cell disease, you and your support systems make choices about your physical … while thinking about the impact on your mental health and psychological well-being.  These are some questions and actions you may want to take as you think about receiving …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
An FAQ designed to help healthcare professionals understand the diverse landscape of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing and the benefits and limitations of these tests.
… information (generally ancestry, some health traits and health risks) from a saliva sample. Ordering and return of results for DTC-GT typically does not involve … are currently available: Clinic-based, direct-to-consumer, and provider-mediated genetic testing (see table 1). …
About Genomics
A introduction to basic concepts in genomics to help you understand your genome, how it works, and how it impacts your health.
… healthcare provider about how to best treat your condition and avoid side effects. … your family. It includes tests for the biological father and mother to see what genetic variants they carry. The tests can help parents and healthcare providers make decisions before, during, and after pregnancy. …
For Patients and Families
​Genetic tests may be used to identify increased risks of health problems, to choose treatments, or to assess responses to treatments.
… are the DNA instructions you inherit from your mother and your father. … hard to understand, however specialists like geneticists and genetic counselors can help explain what results might mean to you and your family. Because genetic testing tells you … about how to treat or manage your health. Predictive and pre-symptomatic genetic tests are used to find gene …
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 proposition. … that genomics improves doctors' ability to diagnose and treat disease, but genomics must first be implemented into medical settings to gather that evidence. … Moving beyond this impasse and proving the usefulness of genomic medicine were among the …
Health
Genomic medicine involves using genomic information as part of clinical care and the health outcomes and policy implications of that clinical use.
… Genomic medicine is an emerging medical discipline that involves using genomic information … care (e.g. for diagnostic or therapeutic decision-making) and the health outcomes and policy implications of that clinical use. Already, … would be used to advance our understanding of biology and disease and to improve health. In the years since the …
News Release
The NHGRI-ASHG Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship prepares scientists for careers in science policy.
… The health and medical care of Americans is greatly influenced by the policy decisions that guide genomic research and its use in the clinical setting. Understanding the … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the American Society for Human Genetics (ASHG) are …