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On December 7, 2022, NHGRI will host a webinar to discuss key findings from the Human Genetics and Genomics Workforce Survey Report.
… The report concludes that efforts to enhance diversity in the genomics field must improve.  With over 4,000 survey …
Organizational Structure
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.
… NHGRI’s Training, Diversity and Health Equity (TiDHE) Office develops and supports initiatives that expand opportunities for genomics education and careers; cultivates genomics training … development initiatives for individuals underrepresented in biomedical research; and promotes and funds genomics …
Fact Sheet
Diversity among genomics research participants is essential for improving the health of everyone.
… What makes human genomes diverse? While humans are similar in most ways, our biological processes make each of us … many populations from across the globe underrepresented in genomics research. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is working to enhance the diversity of people who participate in genomics research, …
News Release
NHGRI will fund $3.35 million over five years to launch the Genome Research Experiences to Attract Talented Undergraduates into the Genomics Field to Enhance Diversity (GREAT) program.
… Funding part of broader efforts to enhance diversity of genomics workforce … The National Human Genome Research … backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in science, to conduct genomics research and receive career …
Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office (TiDHE)
The Diversity Centers for Genome Research Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through infrastructure building and the formation of interdisciplinary research teams at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), institutions with a documented record and/or historical and current mission of recruiting, educating, training and graduating students from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research.
… The Diversity Centers for Genome Research Consortium aims to … from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research as defined by the National Science … Consortium are to carry out innovative, state-of-the-art genomics research studies; enhance institutional genomics …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 4, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details how NHGRI researchers are emphasizing the need for diversity in genomics.
… and I fully expect considerable fanfare and celebrations in the coming months to commemorate his contributions. While … Genetics and Genomic Advances that details the need for diversity and a unifying anti-racist ethos in genomics research. The commentary, entitled “Cultivating …
The Genomics Landscape
In March 2, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., honors the recipients of the inaugural Outstanding Award for Enhancing DEIA in the Genomics Workforce - Pardis Sabeti (Harvard University), Bettie Graham (NHGRI) and Ann Mc Cartney (University of California, Santa Cruz) - for exemplifying powerful ways to promote diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.
… Last month, genomicists and genomics aficionados gathered in Hollywood, Florida, to … and high-priority value for NHGRI is to support diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in the …
Administrative
The Management Analysis and Workforce Development Branch provides advisory services, develops policies and procedures, and coordinates implementation at NHGRI.
… The Management Analysis and Workforce Development Branch (MAWDB) provides management … a wide variety of effective and efficient managerial and workforce management and optimization services: Privacy … … Overview … Branch Staff … Management Analysis and Workforce Development Branch … The Management Analysis and …
Media Advisory
On December 7, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute will host a webinar to discuss the key findings from a recently released Human Genetics & Genomics Workforce Survey Report.
… of Human Genetics (ASHG) released the Human Genetics and Genomics Workforce Survey Report, which lays a foundation for …            Chazeman Jackson, senior director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, American Society of Human … released by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG), in cooperation with the American College of Medical Genetics …
News Release
NHGRI researchers and their international collaborators have added Williams-Beuren syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations.
… syndrome to the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations. … By adding highly accurate images … will better recognize and diagnose the rare disease in non-Europeans and deliver critical, early interventions … National Health System, and published their results in the May 2018 issue of the American Journal of Medical …