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NHGRI is conducting three Zoom-based listening sessions to help gather information from the national medical genetics community regarding the current and future state of the medical geneticist workforce.
… community regarding the current and future state of the clinical geneticist workforce. We will conduct these sessions … views regarding key challenges and potential solutions in clinical genetics and genomics, as well as to determine … times are in ET. Request an Accommodation … Virtual … The Clinical Geneticist Workforce: Challenges and Opportunities … …
Staff
Dr. Teri Manolio is the director of the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute. ​
… associations and genome-scale analytic technologies to clinical problems of disease diagnosis and treatment" said Dr. Manolio. "This knowledge will enable us to meld clinical and genomic research for rapid improvements in clinical care." Dr. Manolio envisions a day when patients have ready …
Media Availability
Researchers have created a promising new method to accurately and more comprehensively analyze and interpret DNA sequence information from cancer patients.
… mutations and variations and ranks them according to their clinical and biological relevance to a patient's cancer. … … guide individualized patient treatment or enrollment in clinical trials that test a therapy aimed at a particular … Exploratory Research Program, exome, clinical cancer care … Researchers have created a promising new method to …
News Release
Dr. Shchelochkov will oversee the research training, fellowship and residency programs at the institute.
… appointed Oleg Shchelochkov, M.D., as the new director of Clinical and Laboratory Residencies and Fellowships. Dr. Shchelochkov, a clinical geneticist and medical biochemical geneticist, takes … passion for so many areas of genomics — including clinical care and patient management, bioinformatics and emerging …
Health
Information about genomics competencies, patient care, and related partnership and outreach activities at NHGRI.
… information about genomics competencies, patient care, and our partnership and outreach activities. … Related … … Information about genomics competencies, patient care, and partnership and outreach activities at the National … … Information about genomics competencies, patient care, and related partnership and outreach activities at …
News Release
ASHG members selected Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D., a clinical and molecular geneticist and investigator with NHGRI, as their new president-elect for 2019.
… (ASHG) members have selected Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D., a clinical and molecular geneticist and long-time investigator … ASHG … ASHG members selected Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D., a clinical and molecular geneticist and investigator with … for 2019. ​ … Leslie Biesecker, ASHG, ASHG president, clinical and molecular geneticist, Medical Genomics and …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Intramural Research Award recognizes research achievements by trainees in basic, clinical, and social behavioral science research.
… the NHGRI Intramural Research Program, including basic, clinical, and social behavioral science research. To date, … recognizes research achievements by trainees in basic, clinical, and social behavioral science research. … NHGRI Intramural Research Program, Basic Research, Clinical Research, Social Behavioral Science Research, …
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 … law regarding return of genetic IRRs and IFs is the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) , … sets quality standards for all laboratories performing clinical testing. CLIA prohibits the return of individual …
News Release
NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… of genomic medicine in community-based clinics and primary care practices, and include rural, minority and other … of clinicians and information scientists will conduct a clinical trial of approximately 6,000 patients to measure cost effectiveness and clinical outcomes of using pharmacogenomics, examining …
Clinical Research
The INSIGHTS study is exploring sickle cell disease in adults.
… recruiting volunteers! Each study participant will have a clinical visit that will include a medical and family … with leg ulcers will receive standardized wound care during the visit. ClinicalTrials.gov: Insights Into … study will take place at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Compensation will be …