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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 large-scale genomic and health record data worldwide to advance the science of precision health. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a …
Research Funding
The Genomic Variation Program supports large-scale studies of human genetic variation.
… some of the differences among people, such as eye color and blood group, as well as whether a person has a higher or … 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 …
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 … Genome Research Institute laboratories. … While in this program, participants work side-by-side with some of the … provided the performance of the trainee is satisfactory and continued support by the laboratory is available. To be …
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 general paradigms and approaches, and creating data resources and tools. 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 … presentation of, new genetic technologies and related ethical, medical and service delivery issues. Efforts to …
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 … Program components. … The GSPCC has both scientific and administrative activities including: Tracking genome …
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 : …
Clinical Research
A study for patients with unexpected genetic results
… test results about their risk for cancer, heart disease, and other conditions after having genetic testing done for some other reason. … The Genomic Services Research Program (GSRP) is a study of people with "secondary results” …
News Release
A genetic mutation that triggers bladder cancer in dogs is identical to a mutation that is implicated in multiple human cancers.
… their low blood sugar. Now, an oncogene shared by dogs and humans points to another way that canines may come to our aid-as a powerful animal model for research into human cancer. … A genetic mutation that … the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-Cambridge Scholars Program; Heidi Parker, Ph.D., of the National Human Genome …
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 for health disparities … on us -- are both influenced by people's environments and social interactions. As a result, the microbiome and health …