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NHGRI researchers will present four platform talks and 55 posters to highlight the institute's diverse portfolio at the 65th annual meeting of ASHG.
… platform talks and 55 posters to highlight the institute's diverse portfolio at the 65th annual meeting of the American … platform talks and 55 posters to highlight the institute's diverse portfolio at the 65th annual meeting of ASHG. … … platform talks and 55 posters to highlight the institute's diverse portfolio at the 65th annual meeting of ASHG. … News …
Educational Resources
Genetic drift is a mechanism of evolution. It refers to random fluctuations in the frequencies of alleles from generation to generation due to chance events.
… a population. Though it primarily affects small, isolated populations, the effects of genetic drift can be strong, …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
An FAQ designed to help healthcare professionals understand the diverse landscape of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing and the benefits and limitations of these tests.
… the databases of DTC-GT companies do not cover all ethnic populations equally; therefore ancestry results for … intended to help healthcare professionals understand the diverse landscape of DTC-GT, the benefits and limitations of … designed to help healthcare professionals understand the diverse landscape of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic …
FAQ
On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD. The following questions were answered during the meeting.
… not reflect the value of PRS. Careful evaluation of the populations of reference that gave rise to the PRSs used in a … history of the harms that have been incurred by high-risk populations who bear the burden of disease in this country. … individuals, include misrepresenting or misclassifying populations, or de-emphasizing differences across people when …
News Release
North Asians may be more closely related to Eastern and Northern Europeans than previously thought.
… Asians. It potentially will allow Mongolians and related populations to benefit from precision medicine." The … people from six Mongolian tribal regions and related populations from Northern Asia. They then incorporated it … specifically sought to sequence the genomes of people from diverse backgrounds. … Related Articles … 2018 News Feature: …
Staff
Dr. Lucia Hindorff is the Lead Extramural Training Program Director in the Training, Diversity, and Health Equity Office at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… to assess the clinical utility of genome sequencing in diverse settings and populations. Dr. Hindorff was also the project scientist for … differences in genomic disease associations in large, diverse, well-characterized cohorts, and the NHGRI scientific …
Event
An April 6-7 workshop will emphasize the scientific value of diversity and inclusion as well as identify and prioritize future research needs in genomics to advance health equity.
News Release
A 2018 workshop led by Alaska Native people provides a path towards collaborative, community-driven genomics research.
… There is an expanding effort to include Indigenous populations like Alaska Native people in genomic analyses to … of unethical research that has caused Alaska Native populations to be wary of sharing their genetic data with … their privacy being breached, especially given their small populations and link to a specific geographic area. Within …
Research at NHGRI
In NHGRI, Staff Clinicians work on many different clinical research studies, including helping to better understand, manage, and treat a diverse group of clinical conditions.
… helping to better understand, manage, and treat a diverse group of clinical conditions. … Staff Clinicians … In … helping to better understand, manage, and treat a diverse group of clinical conditions. … In NHGRI, Staff … helping to better understand, manage, and treat a diverse group of clinical conditions. … Research at NHGRI …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
Genomics plays a role in every area of nursing, whether nurses are at the bedside providing one-on-one care, treating entire populations, teaching the next generation of nurses, or making discoveries in the lab.
… the voice of the patients, families, communities, and populations with genomic conditions and/or in need of … at the bedside providing one-on-one care, treating entire populations, teaching the next generation of nurses, or … at the bedside providing one-on-one care, treating entire populations, teaching the next generation of nurses, or …