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Summit
This Summit is a 5-year initiative (2016-2020) designed to help developing nations build and expand their knowledge base, infrastructure, systems, research efforts and technologies in human genetics and genomics.
… collaborative, biological project that led to the development of a reference sequence for the human genome. … Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. , Director, … Miller, Ph. D. , Sr. Research Program Officer, Center for Development Research, US Agency for International Development …
Research Funding
Polygenic RIsk MEthods in Diverse populations (PRIMED) Consortium will work together to develop and implement approaches to integrating extant genotype and phenotype data for the purpose of conducting and disseminating Consortium-wide PRS analyses.
… Cambridge Josep Mercader*, Maggie Ng, Alisa Manning Development of Polygenic Risk Scores for Diabetes and … and consortia proposed by the study sites for either PRS development or validation. An initial priority for this WG … will identify key topics for new methods and software development by PRIMED investigators. In addition, WG members …
Health
A polygenic risk score is one way by which people can learn what their risk of developing a disease is, based on the total number of genomics variants related to the disease.
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details how NIH is ramping up research on COVID-19; NHGRI's expansion of its Genome Technology Program; and the the DiY Genome: Unlocking Life's Code exhibition toolkit.
… Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative for the development and commercialization of rapid diagnostic testing … and advanced technologies, regardless of their stage in development, to speed them towards widespread availability. … component, the Novel Synthetic Nucleic Acid Technology Development FOA, is soliciting applications ( R01s , R21s , …
Research Funding
The $1,000 Genome Program was a coordinated effort to support the development of technologies to dramatically reduce the cost of DNA sequencing, a move aimed at broadening the applications of genomic information in medical research and health care.
… 2004, NHGRI initiated a coordinated effort to support the development of technologies to dramatically reduce the cost … led by Dr. Jeffery Schloss , as the Sequencing Technology Development Program Director at NHGRI, are further … Describing future plans for NHGRI’s Sequencing Technology Development Program, the concept papers paved the way for …
News Release
NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.
… take a unique approach to improving polygenic risk score development. They include: Sally Adebamowo, D.Sc. University …
Research Funding
The Division of Genome Sciences supports and accelerates foundational resources, technology development, experimental approaches, in basic genomics and functional genomics research. The Division also oversees a number of transformational initiatives and programs in genomic sciences.
… and accelerates foundational resources, technology development, experimental approaches, in basic genomics and … and accelerates foundational resources, technology development, experimental approaches, data science and … in relevant program areas. … Advancing Genomic Technology Development for Research and Clinical Application (NOSI) …
Research at NHGRI
The Democratizing Education for Sickle Cell Disease Gene Therapy project utilizes a deliberative stakeholder-engagement approach to develop patient educational materials for sickle cell disease gene therapy.
About NHGRI
There are many ways to stay connected with NHGRI and its Director, Dr. Eric Green. Below are convenient links to some of the major sites that NHGRI has developed for staying connected and learning more about genomics!
News Release
National Institutes of Health researchers have discovered a specific network of proteins that is necessary to restore hearing in zebrafish through cell regeneration. The study may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans.
… might become a biological target that may lead to the development of novel therapy to treat hearing loss in … Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans. The … through cell regeneration. The study may inform the development of treatments for hearing loss in humans. … …