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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of Intramural Research.
… Sarah A. Bates, M.S. … Program aims to capitalize on growing availability of … science of precision health. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of Intramural Research. …
Research Funding
The Genomic Variation Program supports large-scale studies of human genetic variation.
… variants at nearby sites are on the same chromosome. The program also seeks to relate there genetic variants to … clinical effects. … The Genomic Variation Program supports research aimed at: Discovering and typing single nucleotide … Beyond: A Planning Workshop for the National Human Genome Research Institute June 5-6, 2012: Workshop on Establishing …
Research Training
An opportunity for recent college graduates to spend a year engaged in biomedical research in NHGRI laboratories.
… The Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (Post-Bac IRTA) provides the … in biomedical investigation in National Human Genome Research Institute laboratories. … While in this program, participants work side-by-side with some of the …
Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NHGRI Genetic Counseling Training Program trains students to conduct research and provides clinical rotations to learn about genetic conditions.
… Counseling Training Program trains students to conduct social, behavior and policy research in the field of genetic counseling and provides … presentation of, new genetic technologies and related ethical, medical and service delivery issues. Efforts to …
Research Funding
The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
… The Genome Sequencing Program is consists of the following centers funded through … addition to creating an essential resource for biomedical research, the HGP helped define NHGRI's niche: developing … components: The Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER) . This program is still ongoing; NHGRI is …
Research Funding
Coordinates activities across the Genome Sequencing Program components
… The National Human Genome Research Institute's Genome Sequencing Program Coordinating Center (GSPCC) was funded in 2016 to … across the Genome Sequencing Program components … Research Funding …
Research Funding
The $1,000 Genome Program was a coordinated effort to support the development of technologies to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, a move aimed at broadening the applications of genomic information in medical research and health care.
… the applications of genomic information in biomedical research and health care. Some of the successes of this program, which culminated in 2014, are described in Nature : … meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR). Describing future plans for NHGRI’s …
News Release
A genetic mutation that triggers bladder cancer in dogs is identical to a mutation that is implicated in multiple human cancers.
… canines may come to our aid-as a powerful animal model for research into human cancer. … A genetic mutation that … March 12, 2015, advance online issue of Molecular Cancer Research include Brennan Decker, an M.D., Ph.D. candidate at … the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-Cambridge Scholars Program; Heidi Parker, Ph.D., of the National Human Genome …
Clinical Research
A study for patients with unexpected genetic results
… testing done for some other reason. … The Genomic Services Research Program (GSRP) is a study of people with "secondary results” … result, please consider partnering with us on this research. Together we hope to understand the health impacts …
News Release
NHGRI researchers and colleagues are calling for health disparities research that focuses on the microbiome.
… Mjoseth … Researchers at NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and their colleagues* are calling … on us -- are both influenced by people's environments and social interactions. As a result, the microbiome and health … shedding light on how a person's microbiome interacts with social and environmental factors," said Vence L. Bonham, Jr., …