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Genetic Disorders
Autism is characterized by impaired social interactions, problems with verbal and nonverbal communication and repetitive behaviors.
… Autism represents a broad group of developmental disorders characterized by impaired social … autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) - represent a broad group of developmental disorders characterized by impaired social … activities and interests. The ASDs include a variety of medical autism diagnoses, which vary in the severity of …
Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program addresses the growing need for genetic counseling services.
… National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at … Health have collaborated to develop and support the JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program (GCTP), a competitive …
Staff
Kris Wetterstrand is the scientific liaison to the Director for Extramural Activities at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Kris Wetterstrand manages special projects within the Office of the Director, such as the 2008-2011 planning process. Ms. … from 2002 to 2009 for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) BAC Library Program. Ms. Wetterstrand won the Department …
News Release
NIH awarded grants to six medical centers to select from the most difficult-to-solve medical cases and develop effective approaches to diagnose them.
… Raymond MacDougall … The National Institutes of Health has awarded grants to six medical centers around … site will contribute local medical expertise to the NIH Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN). The network includes and is modeled after an NIH pilot program that has enrolled people with intractable …
Staff
Valentina Di Francesco is NHGRI's Chief Data Science Strategist and Director of the Office of Genomic Data Science within the NHGRI Office of the Director.
… NHGRI's first Chief Data science Strategist and Director of the Office of Genomic Data Science. In this role, she will … Ms. Di Francesco also contributed to several trans-NIH data science committees and activities, including the NIH …
Research Training
The Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity promotes precision medicine and development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics at the NIH Clinical Center.
… promotes precision medicine and spurs the development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics in the NIH Clinical Center. … The program provides an exciting … data in clinical research and clinical care. The NIH Office of Intramural Research (OIR), the National Human …
Staff
Dr. James Thomas is the acting director for the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… Louis and completed his doctoral work in the Department of Genetics at Case Western Reserve University. In 1997, Dr. … School of Medicine before returning to NHGRI and the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center in 2011. He is currently the deputy director of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center. As deputy director of NISC, …
Educational Resources
Autism is a developmental brain disorder characterized by impaired social interactions, communication problems, and repetitive behaviors.
… challenges. Symptoms usually appear before the age of three. The exact cause of autism is not entirely known, although genetics clearly plays an important role. Autism is one of a group of related developmental conditions sometimes …
Event
On December 11, 2023, NHGRI, in collaboration with several other NIH Institutes and Offices, recently renewed the three Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFOs) used to support investigator-initiated research on the ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) of human genome research.
… email any questions you may have about the NOFOs to Zo.Bly@nih.gov . A recording of the webinar and a list of questions and answers have been … Research Institute, in collaboration with several other NIH Institutes and Offices, recently renewed the three …
News Release
NIH awards more than $64 million to for a database of human cellular responses called the Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures or LINCS.
… three-year pilot project, the National Institutes of Health has awarded more than $64 million to six research … Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), both part of NIH, administer the program on behalf of the NIH Common Fund. … its programs, visit http://www.nih.gov . Contact: NHGRI Communications Steven Benowitz (301) 451-8325 …