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Research Funding
A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… The Centers for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG) are a collaborative large-scale … diseases with the goal of: Undertaking variant discovery for enough different examples of disease architectures and … (NHLBI) Trans-omics for Precision Medicine program . The centers also receive co-funding from NHLBI. We currently …
News Release
NHGRI will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases.
… Health will fund a set of genome sequencing and analysis centers whose research will focus on understanding the genomic bases of common and rare human diseases. … Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, today launched the Centers for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG), which will use …
News Release
NHGRI will highlight rare disease research that benefits affected patients and provides insights into more common disorders on Rare Disease Day.
… Institute (NHGRI) researchers are highlighting rare disease research that benefits affected patients and also provides insights into more common disorders.​ … February 27 event. In NHGRI's Medical Genetics Branch , for example, Ellen Sidransky, M.D. , and her colleagues, have …
For Patients and Families
The Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center helps people find useful information about genetic and rare diseases.
… Research Innovation (DRDRI) at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences) - two agencies at the … and teachers who work with people with a genetic or rare disease. Even scientists who are studying a genetic or rare disease and who need information for their research have contacted GARD, as have people who …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the International Common Disease Alliance's scientific plenary and launch meeting in September, which included an international panel on opportunities emerging outside the U.S., North America, and Europe; discussions about polygenic risk scores; and an overview about data platforms, data sharing, and ethics.
… recently teamed up with colleagues at the National Center for Biotechnology Information to develop a graphical display … the various strategic planning events, please sign up for email updates  and monitor the ‘Genomics2020’ calendar . … and accomplishments from the institute and the field of genomics. …
Diversity Center
Tuskegee University establishes the Carver Genomic Research Center.
… education, and workforce capacity in the field of genomics, specifically focusing on building the next … and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration for genomic research, the professional development of a … comprehensive administrative and logistical support for all center operations and manages financial accounts for …
Research Training
The Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity promotes precision medicine and development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics at the NIH Clinical Center.
… The Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity promotes precision medicine and spurs … the development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics in the NIH Clinical Center. … The program provides an exciting opportunity for the Institutes that participate in the NIH Clinical …
Diversity Center
The Pacific Center for Genome Research (PCGR) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) aims to grow and support Genomic Research workforce at UHM, a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), which has a mission to serve historically underrepresented population in biomedical research, namely, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
… The Pacific Center for Genome Research (PCGR) at the University of Hawaii at … Foster excellence in genomics research and grow and support the genomics workforce by providing practicum and research … (AC) will provide leadership and administrative management for the PCGR. The AC will build upon institutional resources, …
Policy Issues
Revisions to the Common Rule modernize, simplify, and enhance oversight for human subjects research in the United States.
… The final version of the Common Rule was published in the Federal Register on January … aim to "modernize, simplify, and enhance" oversight for human subjects research in the United States to address … nature of research since the original publication of the Common Rule in 1991. …
News Release
NIH recently awarded approximately $6.8 million in grants to several research teams to study the biology of rare and undiagnosed diseases.
… The funding establishes two new research centers, including a Model Organisms Screening Center and a … Finally, a one-year grant supports a central biorepository for storing UDN research participant tissue samples. "The … and a coordinating center. The UDN is supported by the NIH Common Fund and builds on the success of the Undiagnosed …