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NHGRI’s Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office (TiDHE) works to champion a diverse genomics workforce, address health disparities and reach a more equitable and healthy society.
… and Health Equity Office (TiDHE) works to champion a diverse genomics workforce, address health disparities and … and Health Equity Office (TiDHE) works to champion a diverse genomics workforce, address health disparities and … and Health Equity Office (TiDHE) works to champion a diverse genomics workforce, address health disparities and …
About NHGRI
NHGRI's commitment to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within our Institute to achieve the highest level of genomic innovation, reduce health disparities and foster health equity in areas related to genomics and genomic medicine.
… September 16, 2021 The genomics workforce must become more diverse: a strategic imperative AJHG , January 7, 2021  … … and needs about genomics; engages and educates diverse communities about genomics; and inform the leadership …
News Release
NHGRI has released a new action agenda for a diverse genomics workforce. This ambitious set of goals, objectives, and implementation strategies details NHGRI’s plans for enhancing the diversity of the genomics workforce by 2030.
… of Health (NIH) has released a new action agenda for a diverse genomics workforce . This ambitious set of goals, … Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., said. "Fostering an appropriately diverse genomics workforce of the future requires an … strategic imperative to make the genomics workforce more diverse. A critical first step in implementing the action …
News Release
NHGRI has established the Office of Training, Diversity and Health Equity (TiDHE) to enable the highest level of genomic innovation by fostering diversity and health equity in genomics and genomic medicine. It will also serve as the central coordinating office for training and career development across the Institute.
… … New office to help achieve goals for training a more diverse genomics workforce and addressing health disparities. … program as well as our action agenda to build a more diverse genomics workforce, in addition to facilitating … being transformative again by recruiting and retaining a diverse cadre of innovative, talented minds to realize the …
Event
On September 16, 2015, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) convened a roundtable to discuss the current status of the engagement and inclusion of underrepresented populations in genomics research.
… status of the engagement and inclusion of underrepresented populations in genomics research.  … NIH Intramural … Lane … Inclusion and Engagement of Underrepresented Populations in Genomics … On September 16, 2015, the National … status of the engagement and inclusion of underrepresented populations in genomics research. … On September 16, 2015, …
News
To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score.
… polygenic risk scores have not been effective for all populations, the researchers recalibrated these genetic tests using ancestrally diverse genomic data. As reported in Nature Medicine , the … provide a more accurate assessment of disease risk across diverse populations. Genetic tests look at the small …
Event
On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD.
… as appropriate Variants and conditions to be screened for Populations to screen, including appropriate ages and other …
News Release
An international team of researchers including NIH has completed the first comprehensive characterization of genomic diversity across sub-Saharan Africa.
… sub-Saharan Africa. The region is the most genetically diverse in the world, yet few studies have looked into … unique. "The rich genomic diversity in sub-Saharan African populations can offer new insights about disease … The research team identified novel evidence of how diverse local environmental forces, such as climate and …
Research Funding
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) provides both institutional and individual funding to promote diversity in the genomics workforce. Our programs offer opportunities at the undergraduate, postbaccalaureate, graduate, postdoctoral and faculty levels.
… educational activities that encourage undergraduates from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups … the research training of predoctoral students from diverse backgrounds including those from groups that are … institutions to diversify their student and faculty populations to enhance the participation of individuals from …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 7, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green details NHGRI's new agenda on enhancing genomics workforce diversity.
… committing to the systematic inclusion of ancestrally diverse and underrepresented individuals in major genomic … which includes meaningful, sustained partnerships with diverse communities in the design and implementation of … in clinical care, and mistrust among excluded populations — redress of which will require sustained and …