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Check out this video from NHGRI Director Eric Green talking about the importance of knowing your family health history.
… Communication and Public Liaison Branch … In November 2004, the Surgeon … by sharing their family health history with each other and tracking illness from one generation to the next. Why is … to record this information for sharing with families and medical providers. …
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NHGRI has appointed Neil Hanchard, M.D., Ph.D., as a clinical investigator within the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) in the Division of Intramural Research. Dr. Hanchard will head the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section within the MGMGB.
… M.D., Ph.D., as a clinical investigator within the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch (MGMGB) in the NHGRI Division … Kastner, M.D., Ph.D., NHGRI's scientific director. “Neil and his team will bring new energy and academic vigor to …
Staff
Dr. Carsten Bonnemann is an adjunct investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… Dr. Bönnemann's clinical and laboratory interests focus on genetically-caused … practice, formerly at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and currently at the National Institutes of Health, his … … Dr. Carsten Bonnemann is an adjunct investigator in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research …
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ASHG members selected Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D., a clinical and molecular geneticist and investigator with NHGRI, as their new president-elect for 2019.
… have selected Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D., a clinical and molecular geneticist and long-time investigator with the National Human Genome … … As the senior investigator and chief of NHGRI's Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, Dr. Biesecker …
Staff
Dr. Ellen Sidransky is a pediatrician and clinical geneticist in the Medical Genetics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… of the Molecular Neurogenetics Section, is a pediatrician and clinical geneticist in the Medical Genetics Branch of the National Human Genome Research … cum laude from Brandeis University with a B.A. in biology, and received her M.D. from Tulane University. She then …
Staff
Sangeetha Raghavan is a Senior Licensing and Patenting Manager in NHGRI's Technology Transfer Office.
… Raghavan recently joined NHGRI as a Senior Licensing and Patenting Manager. She is a technology transfer … of biologics, diagnostics, drug delivery, therapeutics, medical devices, plant varieties, small molecules and software. Her experience includes assessing technologies …
Research Training
An opportunity for students to receive individualized research mentoring, learn about careers in genomics and have access to a network of early-career genome scientists.
… fully achieved without successfully attracting, developing and retaining a diverse workforce that includes people from … These efforts have used genomic sequence data from humans and other species to pinpoint hundreds of potential disease … for Research in Genomics (iSPRinG), Training Programs, Medical Genetics, Clinical Genetics, Molecular Genetics, …
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NHGRI researchers have identified new genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and some possible new therapies.
… genes associated with the Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) and some possible new therapies. Findings on this ultra-rare … Juvianee I. Estrada-Veras, M.D., clinical investigator and staff clinician in NHGRI's Medical Biochemical Genetics Residency Program . "Our work on …
Research Training
An opportunity for recent college graduates to spend a year engaged in biomedical research in NHGRI laboratories.
… to initiate the application process for graduate or medical school. The duration of the program is normally one … provided the performance of the trainee is satisfactory and continued support by the laboratory is available. To be … candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents and have graduated from an accredited American college or …
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eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million over five years.
… … eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million over five years. … … $75 million in funding over five years for the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Genomic Risk Assessment … and other healthcare professionals make clinical decisions for their patients. The sites will use the newly …