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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.
… NHGRI’s Training, Diversity and Health Equity (TiDHE) Office develops and supports … initiatives for individuals underrepresented in biomedical research; and promotes and funds genomics research to improve minority health, reduce health disparities, and foster health equity.  The TiDHE office …
Event
Workshop on use of race and ethnicity data in genomics, biomedical, and clinical research, and their influence on minority health and health disparities.
… Resources … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) convened a workshop to discuss the use of …
News Release
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of Intramural Research.
… 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 …
Health
Knowledge of your family health history can help you and your healthcare providers identify patterns of inheritance and risk factors.
… Knowledge of your family health history can help you and your healthcare providers … of inheritance and risk factors. … Modernizing family health history: achievable strategies to reduce … 24. … Researchers build a statistical model using family health history to improve disease risk assessment May 1, 2019 …
Health
Guidance on collecting your family health history information before visiting the doctor.
… Find out how learning your family's health history can help you discover your genomic heritage … General's Family History Initiative, the My Family Health Portrait  is a website that helps you create your own family health history. Using any computer, an Internet connection …
Research Training
The NHGRI Social and Behavioral Research Branch invites recent graduates to pursue multidisciplinary training in genomics and health.
… The Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB), an intramural research branch of the … to pursue multidisciplinary training in genomics and health. … Researchers in SBRB investigate social, behavioral, … that facilitate translation of genomic discoveries for health promotion, disease prevention, genetic counseling, and …
Event
The NHGRI Center for Precision Health Research sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers on research relevant to the use of genomic data and large-scale electronic health record information to improve health.
… Request an Accommodation … The NHGRI Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by … to the use of genomic data and large-scale electronic health record information to improve health. Speakers are …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH develops a comprehensive staff and training program that uses genomic approaches to study human health and to reduce/eliminate health disparities.
… school through graduate programs and beyond in biomedical research. As the Director of the CRGGH, he will continue to … research. … The Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH) aims to develop a comprehensive staff and … to study human health and to reduce/eliminate health disparities, with particular attention given to the inclusion …
Research Funding
A list of funding opportunities in genomics research provided by NHGRI and the National Institutes of Health.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute supports research and training and career … scientific and medical breakthroughs that improve human health. We do this by driving cutting-edge research, …  RFA-HG-23-041 : Network of Genomics-Enabled Learning Health Systems (gLHS) – Clinical Sites (U01 Clinical Trial …
Staff
Dr. Charles Rotimi is the scientific director of and NIH Distinguished Investigator in the Division of Intramural Research. He also serves as the director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH).
… of Mississippi, where he obtained a master's degree in health care administration. He obtained a second master's … to the NIH in 2008 to found the trans-institute Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, with the mission of … lifestyle and genomics in disease etiology, health disparities and variable drug response. His lab develops …