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NHGRI’s Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office (TiDHE) works to champion a diverse genomics workforce, address health disparities and reach a more equitable and healthy society.
… development initiatives for individuals underrepresented in biomedical research; and promotes and funds genomics … TiDHE office also provides leadership for implementation of NHGRI’s Action Agenda and helps to communicate the … and evaluate trainee outcomes and measures of success. Human Genetics & Genomics Workforce Survey Report The report …
Research Funding
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) provides both institutional and individual funding to promote diversity in the genomics workforce. Our programs offer opportunities at the undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, graduate, postdoctoral and faculty levels.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) provides both … institutional and individual funding to promote diversity in the genomics workforce. Our programs offer opportunities … research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to …
Statement
NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D, Ph.D., provides remarks for the May 10, 2023 media briefing about the new high-quality collection of reference human genome sequences that captures substantially more diversity from different human populations than what was previously available.
… … Thank you, Lisa. Hello, I’m Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, one of the Institutes and … Institutes of Health. Today, we announce a major advance in generating a high-quality human pangenome reference . This …
Genetic Disorders
Noonan syndrome involves unusual facial characteristics, short stature, heart defects, bleeding problems, developmental delays and malformations of the ribs.
… at birth, bleeding problems, developmental delays, and malformations of the bones of the rib cage. … Noonan syndrome is a disorder … of the rib cage. Noonan syndrome is caused by changes in one of several autosomal dominant genes. A person who has …
News Release
NIH-funded researchers completed the PanCancer Atlas from over 10,000 tumors representing 33 types of cancer.
… Ph.D. … Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have completed a detailed genomic analysis, known as the PanCancer Atlas, on a data set of molecular and clinical information … collaboration initiated and supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National …
Educational Resources
The founder effect is the reduction in genetic variation that results when a small subset of a large population is used to establish a new colony.
… Founder Effect … The founder effect is the reduction in genetic variation that results when a small subset of a large population is used to establish a new colony. … Genetic Variation, Population Genetics, Human Migration, Genes … A founder effect, as related to …
Staff
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. ​
… the Health Equity and Workforce Diversity Program Director in the Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). From 2009-2022, she served as a program director in NHGRI's Division of Genomic Medicine. Prior to joining NHGRI in 2009, she …
About NHGRI
NHGRI's commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within our Institute to achieve the highest level of genomic innovation, reduce health disparities and foster health equity in areas related to genomics and genomic medicine.
… University / Houston Methodist Hospital Racial inequities in health and what we can do about them October 8, 2020 David R. Williams, Ph.D. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health … NHGRI is committed to promoting diversity, … with an anti-racism approach in the scientific enterprise Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, September 16, 2021 An …
News Release
NHGRI has released a new action agenda for a diverse genomics workforce. This ambitious set of goals, objectives, and implementation strategies details NHGRI’s plans for enhancing the diversity of the genomics workforce by 2030.
… champion an inclusive genomics workforce. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a new action agenda for a … to the NHGRI director on genomics and health disparities, in the latest issue of ASHG’s American Journal of Human …
Talking Glossary
La hibridación in situ es una técnica de laboratorio empleada para localizar una secuencia de ADN o ARN en una muestra biológica.
… Hibridación in situ … La hibridación in situ es una técnica de … is a laboratory technique used to localize a sequence of DNA or RNA in a biological sample. In this technique, a biological sample consisting of tissue sections, cells or chromosomes from an individual …