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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.
… abbreviated format of the competency hierarchy, suitable for printing. Click on the Reference link to view the … for undergraduate medical education in genetics and genomics October 2022 The published updated competencies … Outcome Indicators constitute the minimum competency in genomics required of all registered nurses regardless of the …
Clinical Research
GENE-FORECAST® is developing a community cohort and resource for defining the significance of ancestry-related genomic variation in African-Americans.
… The Genomics, Environmental Factors and the Social Determinants … community-based cohort and novel genomic science resource for defining the biological significance of ancestry-related … neighborhood characteristics), blood/urine collection for deep-sequencing based omic analyses (whole exome …
Educational Resources
NHGRI participates in the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference to help increase genomic literacy.
… Voting for the SXSW and SXSW EDU Conference is now closed. Please check back later for updates. … exists within racial groups and not between them. Genomics is helping us understand the complex and intertwined … Genomics has become such commonplace that we don’t realize …
About Genomics
NHGRI considers the ethical, legal and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including these key policy issues
… NHGRI is committed to driving the responsible use of genomics in society in order to advance knowledge and ensure that genomics benefits the health of all humans. To do this, we consider the ethical, legal, and social aspect of genomics research in our work, including these key issues. …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
Genomics plays a role in every area of nursing, whether nurses are at the bedside providing one-on-one care, treating entire populations, teaching the next generation of nurses, or making discoveries in the lab.
… The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) provides a venue for individuals to collaborate and develop educational resources. The opinions expressed in this resource do not … on a continuum of health and illness that is influenced by genomics and the environment.  Obtain a family history to …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life.
… We are learning how our genomes serve as blueprints for life. … to "genes," but we know other parts are important for regulating and translating the genome as well as … to think of the genome sequence as the "book of life" for an organism - one that contains all of the biological …
Administrative
The Administrative Services Branch provides resources and services essential to the efficient operation of the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) obtains and provides the resources and services essential to the efficient operation … approving expenditures; ensuring that funds are available for activities such as equipment purchases, meeting support … The Administrative Services Branch provides resources and services essential to the efficient operation …
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.
… About Genomics …
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.
… more committed than ever to facilitating the use of genomics for addressing all threats to human health – infectious or … about an important upcoming historical milestone for genomics: the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human … and accomplishments from the institute and the field of genomics. …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the Human Genome Project receiving the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award.
… their Fiscal Year 2018 budgets. The news was worth waiting for! Overall, NIH was the recipient of an 8.8% increase … increase. As mentioned in last month's issue of The Genomics Landscape,  the first Town Hall for the 'Genomics 2020' strategic planning process will happen …