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About NHGRI
The NHGRI Community Engagement in Genomics Working Group aims to engage communities to ensure that genomics and genomic medicine benefit all.
… aims to engage communities to ensure that genomics and genomic medicine benefit all. … The NHGRI Community … and needs of diverse communities related to genomics and genomic medicine. Develop programs and disseminating tools … Ph.D. Assistant Director, Stacey Nicholas Office of Diversity and Inclusion University of California, Irvine …
Event
The Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program is hosting a webinar to gather specific feedback on four potential goals for the field of ELSI research over the next decade.
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On December 7, 2022, NHGRI will host a webinar to discuss key findings from the Human Genetics and Genomics Workforce Survey Report.
… The report concludes that efforts to enhance diversity in the genomics field must improve. With over … All listed times are EST. … Virtual … New report examines diversity in the human genetics and genomics workforce … On …
News Release
The NHGRI Short Course in Genomics brings the latest genomics science to the classroom.
… Indian, Alaska Native, Hispanic or Latinx, and Black or African American students. During the course, teachers work … outreach, Carla Easter, Christina Daulton, Belen Hurle, diversity in genomics workforce … The NHGRI Short Course in …
Staff
Dr. Adebowale Adeyemo is an associate investigator and deputy director of NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… papers describing: the first genome scan for obesity in an African population, the first genome-wide linkage analysis for serum lipids in an African population, the first study of genetic structure in … children with CHD and their parents in Nigeria for genomic studies, including chromosomal arrays and whole exome …
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Dr. Ebony Madden is the Health Equity and Workforce Diversity Program Director in the Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Dr. Madden is the the Health Equity and Workforce Diversity Program Director in the Training, Diversity and … she served as a program director in NHGRI's Division of Genomic Medicine. Prior to joining NHGRI in 2009, she served … RQ, Murla CD. Challenges to recruitment and retention of African Americans in the gene-environment trial of response …
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The NHGRI and NCI held a pre-application webinar on May 15, 2020, for the Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) RFA-HG-20-001 and RFA-HG-20-002.
… will be made available on this page. … Webinar … PRS Diversity Consortium Webinar … The NHGRI and NCI held a …
About Genomics
A group of researchers, led by the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, has released a high-quality collection of human genome reference sequences, which together comprise a human “pangenome” reference. Encompassing genome sequences from 47 people of diverse ancestries (with the goal of increasing that number to 350 by mid-2024), the human pangenome reference captures significantly more population diversity than the previous reference sequence.
… pangenome reference captures significantly more population diversity than the previous reference sequence. … The … pangenome BBC: Updated DNA map better reflects human diversity Yahoo!: Scientists announce rough draft of human … News: Genetics Breakthrough: Promising new era of ethnic diversity-informed tests and treatments … Researchers from …
Leadership Initiatives
NHGRI aims to ensure all populations are knowledgeable about and can participate in genomics research.
… is important for everyone to be informed about continuing genomic research and to understand the ethical, legal and … in May 2002; its name was subsequently changed to the Diversity Action Plan (DAP). The goal has been to increase … Cooperative Study of Hereditary Prostate Cancer in African Americans Collaborative study with Howard University …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
… of the central challenges in biology is understanding how genomic variation affects genome function to influence … genome-wide scan for hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans and for type-2 diabetes in West Africans. … of Directors from 2015-18 and currently serving on the Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. Dr. Rotimi will be …