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The National Academy of Medicine elected Dr. Charles Rotimi, CRGGH Director, as one of its new members.
… were described as follows: For groundbreaking research in African and African ancestry populations, providing new insights into the …
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Diversity among genomics research participants is essential for improving the health of everyone.
… to lowest): 78% European; 10% Asian; 8.5% Unreported; 2% African; 1% Hispanic; and 0.5% Other Countries The … Health in Africa (H3Africa) (2012 - 2022) The largest pan-African genomic research consortium that investigates the … in Africa. The project also aims to build a sustainable African genomics research enterprise. This project is a …
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Dr. Daniel Shriner is a researcher in NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… and association with obesity in West Africans and African-Americans. Diabetes 59(6):1549–1554. PMCID: … 2010. Genome wide association of anthropometric traits in African and African derived populations. Hum. Mol. Genet. …
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NIH-funded research highlights need for diversity in study populations, creates a comprehensive genomic toolkit for scientists
… diverse populations. The team collected data from 49,839 African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian, … in European ancestry populations could be detected in African-American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian, Native Hawaiian, … greater amount of blood glucose attached to hemoglobin in African-Americans. The paper in Nature is the first to …
Jobs at NHGRI
An NIH-funded postdoctoral position is available in the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section (CCDGS), a new section in the Center for Precision Health Research at NHGRI, under Dr. Neil Hanchard.
… cell disease, and early-onset high blood pressure - in African- and African-ancestry populations. The successful candidate will …
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A new phase of the IGNITE Network will conduct clinical trials of genomic medicine interventions.
… and all three conditions are more common among people of African ancestry than European and Asian descent. Specific African populations have two common mutations in the … genomics to diverse clinical care settings. “Patients of African ancestry might experience better management of high …
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Dr. Hanchard talks about his journey into genetics research, his collaborations with international researchers, and the importance of determination in science.
… the genomics and environmental contributors of diseases in African populations. Diversifying genomics research is at the … Dr. Hanchard studies are more common in individuals of African ancestry. In fact, diversity is at the core of his … only a small portion of the genomic diversity in African population was studied. Dr. Hanchard’s group has …
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Diverse populations are still underrepresented in public genomic databases, according to a new study by researchers from the NIH and Harvard Medical School.
… Databases They found significantly fewer studies of African, Latin American and Asian ancestral populations … Asian and underrepresented minorities, including Africans, African-Americans, Native Americans and Hispanics) and …
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Researchers used whole genome sequence data to investigate the origin of the mutation that causes "sickling" of red blood cells.
… been defined (Arabian/Indian, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic/Bantu, and Senegal), each representing what … possibility that the Arabian/Indian, Cameroon, and Central African Republic haplotypes belong to the same cluster. If …
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NHGRI participated in a science communications contest called the Three-Minute Talk. NHGRI's Ryan Johnson came away with a first place win.
… a candidate gene for treating resistant hypertension in African Americans Resistant hypertension, or persistently … heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and stroke. African-Americans are disproportionately affected by … network using genomic data gathered from several African American patients with and without this disease. …