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Research Funding
ClinGen will advance genomics in clinical care and improve our understanding of phenotypic and functional effects of genetic variants and their clinical value.
… information on only a few genomic variants is used in clinical practice. One factor that limits the clinical use of … Clinic Georgia L. Weisner, Vanderbilt University Medical Center … Working Group Chairs Description Adult Actionability … the classification of variants. … ClinVar and ClinGen, two NIH-based efforts, have formed a critical partnership to …
News Release
NIH recently awarded approximately $6.8 million in grants to several research teams to study the biology of rare and undiagnosed diseases.
… Steven Benowitz … The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently awarded approximately $6.8 million in grants to … research centers, including a Model Organisms Screening Center and a Metabolomics Core, as part of the NIH … The UDN, established in 2012, now consists of seven clinical sites located throughout the country, in addition to …
Staff
Cynthia Tifft, M.D., Ph.D. is the deputy clinical director for the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Human Genome Research Institute where she serves as deputy clinical director and directs the Pediatric Undiagnosed … School of Biomedical Science at M.D. Anderson Cancer Center and her M.D. from the University of Texas Health … and Metabolism in 1996. In 2009, she returned to the NIH to focus her attention on children with rare and …
News Release
NHGRI has awarded $6.4 million in first-year funding to establish Diversity Centers for Genome Research at three institutions: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Meharry Medical College; and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
… that have not recently received significant funding from NIH and that have a documented record or mission of … National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. The first cohort of centers will be established at the … eligible institutions to establish additional centers. … NIH establishes new Diversity Centers for Genome Research … …
Event
The Excellence in Clinical Research Seminar Series is designed to facilitate clinical research in the rare disease space with a focus on aspects of regulatory medicine and clinical trials in Mendelian disorders.
… The Excellence in Clinical Research Seminar Series is designed to facilitate clinical research in the rare disease space with a focus on regulatory medicine and clinical trials in Mendelian disorders. The series will …
News Release
Clinical geneticist to lead NHGRI’s clinical genomics research efforts
… Sarah A. Bates, M.S. … Clinical geneticist to lead NHGRI’s clinical genomics … pursuits. I am incredibly passionate about NHGRI and NIH, especially the support and development of early career … Dr. Gahl’s signature achievements was the founding of the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Program , which aims to provide …
Clinical Research
The Undiagnosed Diseases Program provide answers to patients with mysterious conditions that have long eluded diagnosis.
… The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP) is part of the … on the most puzzling medical cases referred to the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. It was organized by the …
Secondary Genomics Finding Service
Clinical Research Staff and Protocol Coordinators
… participant a counseling letter, file the result in the NIH medical record, and complete a genetics consult. … The … that variants in 59 genes be returned to people undergoing clinical sequencing - this is frequently referred to as the … secondary findings as part of their participation in an NIH research study. Suggested language to incorporate into …
Staff
Dr. Mo is an adjunct staff clinician in the Hematology Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine in the NIH Clinical Center.
… in Guangzhou, China; residency in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (AP/CP) from Loma Linda University Health, … from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Tx (2021). Dr. Mo is board certified in Anatomic and … Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine in the NIH Clinical Center. … Dr. Mo is an adjunct staff clinician …
Diversity Center
Meharry Medical College establishes a Diversity Center for Genome Research (DCGR) that will narrow inequitable representation gaps for underrepresented, disadvantaged minority by realizing their vision to promote African ancestry genomic research through infrastructure building and the formation of basic, clinical, and computational science research teams that are inclusive, interdisciplinary, and community-engaged.
… minority (URM) groups by establishing a Diversity Center for Genome Research (DCGR). The Diversity Center will … infrastructure building and the formation of basic, clinical, and computational science research teams that are … network for scientific community building among basic, clinical and computational science stakeholders. Maximize the …