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NHGRI researchers have successfully used facial recognition software to diagnose a rare, genetic disease in known as DiGeorge syndrome.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their … DiGeorge syndrome and Down syndrome are now part of the Atlas of Human Malformations in Diverse Populations ( …
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NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.
… and one coordinating center. … The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund grants totaling $38 million over … that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities. Polygenic risk scores, often referred … people with and without a particular disease. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, will …
News Release
Three summer interns advanced biomedical research as part of the NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Sciences.
… Kiara Palmer … Brenda Iriele grew up seeing first-hand the human cost of inadequate healthcare. Raised in Nigeria, a country where … project was to assist scientists with building out the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations …
Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office (TiDHE)
The Diversity Centers for Genome Research Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through infrastructure building and the formation of interdisciplinary research teams at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), institutions with a documented record and/or historical and current mission of recruiting, educating, training and graduating students from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research.
… Genome Research Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through … from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research as defined by the National Science … For Genome Research Lunch and Learn: The Role of the Human Lipidome in Complex Disease March 22, 2024 from …
Explainer
Appropriate use of population descriptors in research is a critical scientific issue that is important for advancing genomic science and improving healthcare across human populations.
… The Big Picture Appropriate use of population descriptors in research is a critical scientific issue that is important … advancing genomic science and improving healthcare across human populations. Thoughtful use by researchers and other …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details NHGRI's new Diversity in Genomics Workforce Initiative.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … This issue of The Genomics Landscape  comes at an especially difficult time, with the events of the last week in cities across the United States on top of the illness, … leading up to the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. I encourage you to …
Research Funding
The PAGE Consortium investigates ancestrally diverse populations to gain a better understanding of how genetic factors influence susceptibility to disease.
… highlighted the need to further explore initial findings in non-European populations. The Population Architecture … ( RFA HG-12-010  and RFA HG-12-015 ). The first phase of PAGE examined putative causal genetic variants across … Staff … The PAGE Consortium investigates ancestrally diverse populations to gain a better understanding of how …
Diversity Center
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) has established a Diversity Center for Genome Research that will build UTRGV’s genomics research capacity by 1) expanding genomic research capabilities and discoveries in two innovative research projects; and 2) enhancing the size and quality of the available genomics workforce.
… The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) has established a … 1) expanding genomic research capabilities and discoveries in two innovative research projects; and 2) enhancing the … the cadre of individuals with knowledge and skills in human genomics and foster genomic literacy in the local, …
Fact Sheet
Diversity among genomics research participants is essential for improving the health of everyone.
… What makes human genomes diverse? While humans are similar in most ways, our biological processes make each of us unique. Many aspects of those processes are encoded in … data among international researchers. The Human Cell Atlas aims to be a resource that includes in-depth …
Fact Sheet
Enhancing the diversity of the research workforce fosters innovation and creativity.
… with disabilities are significantly underrepresented in biomedical research and clinical science.  Individuals … can positively influence innovation and interpretation of research and health equity.  The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is undertaking a …