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NHGRI has established the Office of Training, Diversity and Health Equity (TiDHE) to enable the highest level of genomic innovation by fostering diversity and health equity in genomics and genomic medicine. It will also serve as the central coordinating office for training and career development across the Institute.
… addressing health disparities. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has established the Office of Training, Diversity and Health Equity (TiDHE) to enable … innovation by fostering diversity and health equity in genomics and genomic medicine. It will also serve as the …
News Release
This publication and the release of the accompanying data address knowledge gaps across genomics and are certain to have a continuing impact in the field.
… Amy Bentley … As the birthplace of modern humans, Africa is home to the greatest genomic variation in the world. An important limitation to the field of … a continuing impact in the field. Geographical regions and populations of origin for H3Africa whole genome sequence …
Event
On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD.
… On November 8-9, 2023, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored its 15th … Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD. This meeting discussed the current state of population genomic screening in the U.S., as well as …
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An international team of researchers including NIH has completed the first comprehensive characterization of genomic diversity across sub-Saharan Africa.
… that includes researchers from the National Institutes of Health has completed the first comprehensive … Africa. The region is the most genetically diverse in the world, yet few studies have looked into genomic risk … that the migration from Africa in the early days of the human race was followed by a migration back into the …
News
To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score.
… tests more accurately assess disease risk regardless of genetic ancestry. … To prevent an emerging genomic … recalibrated these genetic tests using ancestrally diverse genomic data. As reported in Nature Medicine , the optimized tests provide a more …
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Stomach cancers fall into four distinct molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas Network have found.
… molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network have found. In the study, published … … A More Useful Classification System Instead of considering gastric cancer as a single disease, as has … by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both parts of the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 7, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green details NHGRI's new agenda on enhancing genomics workforce diversity.
… Ph.D. … Happy New Year! And thank goodness 2020 is now in the rearview mirror. With encouraging developments related … in genomics. The Genomic Medicine Working Group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research recently published a “year in review ” …
News Release
Illumina will be developing a GWAS array based on data from the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative.
… Amy Bentley … In a major advance for those engaged in genomic research in … will be developing a GWAS array based on data from the Human Heredity and Health in Africa Initiative (H3Africa). … This array will include novel content based on sampling of individuals from populations across Africa. This tool …
Fact Sheets
La hibridación fluorescente in situ brinda a los investigadores una manera de visualizar y mapear el material genético en las células de un individuo​.​ ​
… La hibridación fluorescente in situ (HFIS) brinda a los investigadores una manera de … hfis.jpg] ¿Qué es la HFIS? La hibridación fluorescente in situ (HFIS) brinda a los investigadores una manera de … … Preguntas Frecuentes … Hibridación fluorescente in situ … La hibridación fluorescente in situ brinda a los …
Policy Issues
NHGRI wants to ensure that all populations benefit from the advances of genomics research.
… Genomics research is shaping the future of medicine. For these advances of this research to benefit … is perceived by different communities. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) wants to ensure that … genomics research, and have the opportunity to participate in various ways, such as becoming research scientists, …