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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.
… NHGRI’s Communications and Public Liaison Branch Chief Sarah Bates will moderate the discussion. NHGRI is a proud partner …
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Pangenome Resources for Press
… NHGRI Audio: Alvaro Encinas, NHGRI Executive Producer: Sarah Bates, M.A., M.S., NHGRI Starring: Adam Phillippy, Ph.D., …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
​Genomics is helping us understand what makes each of us different and what makes us the same.
… a wide array of hues and tints. Thanks to the work of Dr. Sarah Tishkoff and her colleagues, we now also know that skin … and matching occurring throughout different populations. Sarah and her team visited numerous different communities  … color has been affected by the environment. For example, Sarah's work supports the hypothesis that lighter skin in …
National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research
The Director's Report Related documents contain links to materials supplemental to Dr. Eric Green's Director's Report presentation to the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research in May 2019.
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green focuses on recent efforts to make the human genome reference sequence useful to basic and clinical researchers and how increasing the representation of human genomic variation will remain key components of NHGRI’s Human Genome Reference Program.
… U.S. Congress. The Genetics Education & Engagement fellow, Sarah Robbins (pictured right), just completed her Ph.D. in human genetics at the Johns Hopkins University; Sarah will receive training and experience in preparation for …
Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office (TiDHE)
The Diversity Centers for Genome Research Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through infrastructure building and the formation of interdisciplinary research teams at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), institutions with a documented record and/or historical and current mission of recruiting, educating, training and graduating students from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research.
… UTRGV Center for Genome Research Principal Investigator: Sarah Williams-Blangero, Ph.D.   University of Texas Rio …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the International Common Disease Alliance's scientific plenary and launch meeting in September, which included an international panel on opportunities emerging outside the U.S., North America, and Europe; discussions about polygenic risk scores; and an overview about data platforms, data sharing, and ethics.
… extends its congratulations to Drs.  Charles Rotimi  and  Sarah Tishkoff , who were recently  awarded  the 2019 Curt … advanced genomics research across the African continent. Sarah is the David and Lyn Silfen University Professor in … to National Academy of Medicine … Charles Rotimi and Sarah Tishkoff receive prestigious ASHG 2019 Curt Stern Award …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
This FAQ was designed to answer questions regarding how nurses integrate genomics into their education and practice.
… of Child Neurology Nurses (ACNN) Liaison Scottsdale, AZ Sarah Dewell, Ph.D., M.Sc., RN Assistant Professor, …
Statement
NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D, Ph.D., provides remarks for the March 31, 2022 media briefing about the series of publications reporting the first complete, gapless sequence of a human genome.
… From the NHGRI Director … Good morning. Thank you, Sarah, for that wonderful introduction.  I am absolutely …
News Release
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health and their colleagues have identified genomic variants that cause a rare and severe inflammatory skin disorder, known as disabling pansclerotic morphea, and have found a potential treatment.
… was caused by the immune system attacking the skin,” said Sarah Blackstone, a predoctoral fellow within NHGRI's …