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Policy Issues
Federally-funded research with human participants must comply with regulations that protect the rights and welfare of the participants.
… participants in biomedical, clinical and social-behavioral research can provide insights and discoveries that could not … model organisms or other methods. All federally-funded research with human participants such as that supported by … clarify the benefits and risks of participating in the research. … All research with human participants supported by …
Research Training
The NHGRI Social and Behavioral Research Branch invites recent graduates to pursue multidisciplinary training in genomics and health.
… The Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB), an intramural research branch of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), invites recent graduates to …
Policy Issues
Clinical research may yield new health-related information about volunteers who have chosen to participate in the studies.
… When conducting clinical research studies, scientists may discover new health-related … appropriate for the scientists to look for and share such research findings. … There are ongoing discussions among researchers, ethicists, policymakers, and research participants about the return of individual research …
Policy Issues
Participating in genomics research is an opportunity to support exploration of the genome and help scientists understand, prevent, detect and treat disease.
… Participating in genomics research is an opportunity to support scientific exploration … prevent, detect and better treat disease. In some cases, research participants may also gain some individual benefit, … to a treatment in development. … A wide range of genomic research studies need participants, each with different …
News Release
NIH submits new policy that requires all NIH-funded investigators who conduct sensitive, health-related research be issued Certificates of Confidentiality.
… 13, 2016, was to strengthen privacy protections law for research participants. The new law specifically requires … is collected from participants as part of federally-funded research. … To implement one of the law's privacy provisions, … who conduct sensitive, health-related human subjects research be issued Certificates of Confidentiality . …
Clinical Research
FAQs for Autoinflammatory Diseases Study providers and researchers.
… Ivona Aksentijevich if you would like to further discuss research opportunities. … FAQ for Providers and Researchers … … Diseases Study providers and researchers. … Clinical Research …
News Release
NHGRI has created a new publicly available digital archive and search aid for accessing documents related to the Human Genome Project and the history of genomics.
… of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program; and video footage of early genomics … of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program, one of the important and enduring legacies … establishing the National Center for Human Genome Research as a formal center (and later an institute) within …
Research Funding
Contacts by Research Area
… Looking for a contact in your research area? Select a category below to find a program … to that topic. About the Categories  … Contacts by Research Area: Search … Contacts by Research Area … Contacts by Research Area … Research Funding …
Research at NHGRI
The Social and Behavioral Research Branch conducts research to apply genomic discoveries to improve health and clinical care.
… The Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) aims to develop optimal approaches for … discoveries into clinical and community contexts. … Our research focuses on a spectrum of disorders from those that … with significant impact on affected families. We conduct research at the intersection of genomics and the social and …
Research Funding
The three research domains to be considered for support by the NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… and Economics … Program Contact: Nicole Lockhart … Genomic Research Design and Implementation Diversity and Inclusion in Genomic Research Community Engaged and Community Driven Research Design and Conduct of Genomic Research Consent …