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The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… History Jacksonville, Florida … A monthly update from the NHGRI Director on activities and accomplishments from the … assume his new position as CEO of the All of Us  Research Program. That news is very exciting to the broader NIH. … asked to lead the new NHGRI program. …  The Clinical Genome (ClinGen) Resource is an NHGRI-funded program and the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the important genomics legacy of the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) program as it comes to an end.
… There are only a few weeks left to visit the Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code exhibition at the Smithsonian’s … data reuse for future research studies. To help the NHGRI community of investigators, the institute updated its …  …  The Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) program began ten years ago with the aim of developing a …
Research Funding
The Genomic Variation Program supports large-scale studies of human genetic variation.
… false detection rate of 5 percent. About 96 percent of the genome can be studied with high confidence. More than 80 … Information on Variants: Clinical Genome Resource The NHGRI Large-Scale Sequencing Program Meeting Reports Related to the Genomic …
Talking Glossary
The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is not the DNA sequence of a single person.
… Human Genome Reference Sequence … The genome reference sequence provides a general framework and is not the DNA sequence of a single person. … A human genome reference sequence is an accepted representation of …
About Genomics
In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished two years ahead of schedule and at a cost less than the original estimated budget.
… In 2003, an accurate and complete human genome sequence was finished and made available to scientists … the project took on a wide range of other goals, from sequencing the genomes of model organisms to developing new … the 25th anniversary of the Human Genome Project, NHGRI hosted a seminar series exploring the project's impact …
NHGRI Director
A selection of NHGRI Director Eric Green's recent interviews, speeches, awards and institute testimony.
… NHGRI Director Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., is invited to speak … and events, contact Susan Vasquez . … April 7, 2023 NIH's Genome Chief Says Genomics Is Evolving and Docs Need More … in St. Louis April 4 Meeting Session: Annual Genome Sequencing Program Bethesda, Md. March 23 National Courts and …
Event
Webinar to discuss NHGRI's support of a new Human Genome Reference Program beginning in fiscal year 2020.
… Additional Resources … Contacts … NHGRI will fund a new Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) beginning in fiscal year 2020. The program …
Research Training
A mentored, pre-tenure track junior faculty position during which time the incumbent designs and implements an integrated, translational research program.
… The Physician Scientist Development Program (PSDP) is a mentored, pre-tenure track junior faculty … National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the NIH Clinical Center. The participant, with the …
Clinical Research
The Undiagnosed Diseases Program provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis.
… Bethesda, Maryland. It was organized by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the NIH Office of Rare Diseases Research (ORDR) and … individuals (patients and family members); whole-exome sequencing analyses performed for approximately 900 …
About NHGRI
The NHGRI Community Engagement in Genomics Working Group aims to engage communities to ensure that genomics and genomic medicine benefit all.
… The NHGRI Community Engagement in Genomics Working Group aims to … a working group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research. The goals of the working group are to … Columbia University  Members: Rebecca Bakal, M.P.H. Program Manager, Health Equity and Assessment Research Sinai …