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For Patients and Families
​Clinical research is research conducted with human subjects, or material of human origin, in which the researcher directly interacts with human subjects.
… Clinical research is research conducted with human subjects, or … for studying the fundamental mechanisms of inherited and acquired genetic disorders. … Clinical research is … factors play in disease. Such studies will enable the development of effective and reliable gene-based diagnostic …
Event
On February 9-10, 2021, NHGRI will host it's 13th Genomic Medicine Meeting - Genomic Medicine XIII: Developing a Clinical Genomic Informatics Research Agenda.
… All times Eastern. 12:00 - 12:10 p.m. - Welcome and Introductions Co-Chairs: Ken L. Wiley Jr., Ph.D. and Marc … 1: Making the case for a clinical genomic informatics research strategy Co-Moderators: Rex L. Chisholm, Ph.D. … Taylor, Ph.D.  Inherent Racism Induces Bias in Algorithm Development: Can Implementation of Genetic Information in …
Research Training
The Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity promotes precision medicine and development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics at the NIH Clinical Center.
… Center Genomics Opportunity promotes precision medicine and spurs the development of infrastructure to support … Institutes to effectively use genomic data in clinical research and clinical care. The NIH Office of Intramural … clinical genomics at the NIH Clinical Center. … Research Training …
Professional Development
This is a fellowship program designed for recent undergraduates to gain exposure to and training in multiple career paths that advance public service for human genetics and genomics.
… is for recent college graduates to gain exposure to and training in multiple career paths relevant to human … experiences for understanding how genetics and genomics research is funded and managed and how to connect genetics …
Policy Issues
Clinical research may yield new health-related information about volunteers who have chosen to participate in the studies.
… When conducting clinical research studies, scientists may discover new health-related … in the studies. This raises the question of when and how it is appropriate for the scientists to look for and share such research findings. … There are ongoing discussions among …
Policy Issues
Federally-funded research with human participants must comply with regulations that protect the rights and welfare of the participants.
… The use of human participants in biomedical, clinical and social-behavioral research can provide insights and discoveries that could not … model organisms or other methods. All federally-funded research with human participants such as that supported by …
Research at NHGRI
The Social and Behavioral Research Branch conducts research to apply genomic discoveries to improve health and clinical care.
… The Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) aims to develop optimal … Genetics Residency Program JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program (GCTP) Department of Clinical Education and …
Policy Issues
Participating in genomics research is an opportunity to support exploration of the genome and help scientists understand, prevent, detect and treat disease.
… Participating in genomics research is an opportunity to support scientific exploration of the genome and to help NIH in its mission to understand, prevent, detect … such as diagnosis of a disease or access to a treatment in development. … A wide range of genomic research studies need …
Clinical Research
NHGRI researchers work with patients and families to explore how genes cause or influence diseases, and develop more effective diagnostics and treatments.
… Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) are working with patients and families to better understand of how genes can cause or … involved in understanding their disorder and current research. Participants in some studies gain access to new …
News Release
NIH submits new policy that requires all NIH-funded investigators who conduct sensitive, health-related research be issued Certificates of Confidentiality.
… 13, 2016, was to strengthen privacy protections law for research participants. The new law specifically requires … is collected from participants as part of federally-funded research. … To implement one of the law's privacy provisions, … new policy, as of October 1, 2017, NIH-funded researchers and their institutions will automatically be issued a …