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Clinical applications of genomics in neurology and psychiatry will be the focus of the 2014 lecture series Genomics in Medicine at Suburban Hospital.
… Raymond MacDougall … Clinical applications of genomics in neurology and psychiatry … lecture series sponsored by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in collaboration with Suburban … the importance of translating genomic science into clinical care. "Physicians are inspired by genomics but need …
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Healthcare professionals now have access to a range of educational and clinical genomics resources on the Genetics/Genomics Competency Center website
… now have access to a variety of educational and clinical genomics resources thanks to a new partnership between the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes … Society of Genetic Counselors , the American College of Clinical Pharmacy , and The Jackson Laboratory are the first …
Research at NHGRI
The Center for Precision Health Research, formerly Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, studies how health and disease are related to genetic, genomic and metabolic variation.
… The investigators in the Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR) develop and evaluate cutting edge genomic and … healthcare and research datasets to identify novel clinical and genetic insights into disease. CPHR research efforts focus on the clinical management of rare diseases and trials of small …
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NHGRI researchers asked patients, parents and physicians in the sickle cell disease community (SCD) what they wanted and needed to know about genome editing to make informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials.
… consent process. … As public interest and expanded research in human genome editing grows, many questions remain … are seriously ill may overestimate the benefits of early clinical trials while underestimating the risks. This makes … informed decisions about participating in genome-editing clinical trials. Gene-editing treatments, which appear to …
Research Funding
IGNITE enhances genomic medicine by supporting the development of methods for incorporating genomic information into clinical care.
… genomics field have slowly started to find applications in clinical care. The field of "genomic medicine" could … into the electronic medical record (EMR) and provide clinical decision support (CDS) for implementation of … Hospital Medical Center H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute - DeBartolo Family Personalized Medicine …
Staff
Shawneequa Callier is a special volunteer at NHGRI's Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health.
… is an Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Clinical Research and Leadership at the George Washington University … Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health, clinical research, bioethics … Shawneequa Callier is a …
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NHGRI researchers and colleagues are calling for health disparities research that focuses on the microbiome.
… Mjoseth … Researchers at NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and their colleagues* are calling for health disparities research that focuses on the microbiome. Health disparities … and homelands despite decades of health disparities research . The role of the microbiome on ethnic and racial …
Research Funding
The Division of Genomic Medicine promotes the NHGRI's efforts to advance the application of genomics to medical science and clinical care.
… advance the application of genomics to medical science and clinical care. … Many DGM programs and projects have working groups with similar research topics and missions. … The division plans, directs … 1, 2022, Virtual  Genomic Medicine XIII: Developing a Clinical Genomic Informatics Research Agenda February 9-10, …
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Research studies are now using polygenic risk scores to determine a person’s inherited risk for certain diseases, but there are inconsistencies in how these scores are calculated. NHGRI has published guidelines in Nature for how these scores should be reported.
… to compromise the adoption of polygenic risk scores in clinical care. To address this concern, the research teams, funded primarily by the National Human Genome … in their studies. This framework — created by NHGRI’s Clinical Genome Resource's (ClinGen) Complex Disease Working …
About NHGRI
The National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research provides expert advice on genetics, genomics research, training and programs to NHGRI and the NIH.
… The National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research (NACHGR) advises the Department of Health and Human … Institutes of Health (NIH), and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), on genetics, genomic research, training and programs related to the human genome …