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Event
NHGRI is hosting a workshop - Identifying Research Priorities to Accelerate genetic Diagnosis - on April 16-17, 2024.
Virtual Exhibit
The completion of the Human Genome Project in 2003 and subsequent boom in the genomics field has had a profound impact not just on biology and medicine but also on ethics and society. The project also changed traditional understandings of how and why scientific research is conducted. It was, however, not without its detractors. Early in 1990, there was an effort to stop funding for the nascent Human Genome Project, in the form of a letter writing campaign.
… … Caption: A letter from a professor of neurobiology, John D. Hildebrand, from the University of Arizona. The … billion and it was slated to take 15 years to complete. John Hildebrand, Ph.D., at University of Arizona, wrote …
Staff
Dr. Michael Smith is a program director in the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
Research Funding
Coordinates activities across the Genome Sequencing Program components
News Release
On April 25, National DNA Day, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will welcome a new statue, “The Ladder,” celebrating DNA and children.
… other family members, and eventually her half-brother, Dr. John Constantino, an NIH grantee, who will be offering … NICHD Director, the artist, Mary Ellen Scherl, Dr. John Constantino, from the Emory University School of …
Event
An April 6-7 workshop will emphasize the scientific value of diversity and inclusion as well as identify and prioritize future research needs in genomics to advance health equity.
… Current Research in Genomics and Health Equity Speaker: John Carpten, Ph.D., University of Southern California 12:55 … Genome Research Institute and Jeff Leek, Ph.D., M.S., John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Health …
News Release
Dr. Andy Baxevanis has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
News Release
The Human Genome Project has been awarded the 2017 Prince Mahidol Award for ground-breaking advances in the field of medicine.
… The winners of the award are Rachel Schneerson, M.D., and John Robbins, M.D., who headed a research team while they …
ISCC-PEG
A list of organizations and federal agency partners that have members in the Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG).
News Release
NHGRI, NMNH and the NIH Foundation will present a symposium on the future of genomics, health, and the impact of genomics globally.