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For Health Professionals
Essential genomics competencies, practice guidelines, and curricular resources for a variety of health professions.
… Healthcare providers (HCPs) will increasingly use knowledge about genomics to meet the needs of their patients. … education resource dissemination. … Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms : Features nearly 250 terms … (G3C) : Collection of unfolding video genetic and genomic case studies for use with students and practicing …
Fact Sheets
Estimated cost of sequencing the human genome over time since the Human Genome Project.
… the true cost of a genome sequence therefore requires knowledge about what was and was not included in calculating … sequence to a reference human genome, sequence assembly, genomic variant calling, or annotation. Almost certainly, …
Educational Resources
Teaching tools to present the foundations of genomics to students and help them understand the impact of genomics in their lives.
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 13, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., announces the appointment of Valentina Di Francesco as founding director of the NHGRI Office of Genomic Data Science.
… central to the field of genomics. Both human and non-human genomic data have been widely shared through public data … the power of scientific investigation by allowing genomic data to be combined across studies, and accelerates … number of Data Access Requests (DARs) for secondary use of genomic data (see figure)?   …  In December 2021, …
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.
… through May 15, 2020. In both the short- and long-term, genomic studies have the potential to yield valuable … diagnostic testing methods and understanding the impact of genomic variation of the host (e.g., humans) on … be critically important both for capturing valuable new knowledge quickly and for developing a broad, long-term …
The Genomics Landscape
In May 4, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details a report released by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, that provided a series of recommendations for using population descriptors in future genetics and genomics studies.
… using population descriptors as a proxy to describe human genomic variation. These descriptors have reflected … individuals’ nationality, geography, and ethnicity, but genomic variation is complex and fails to track accurately to … assumptions about the relationship between biological/genomic differences and racial/ethnic categories can …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2018 edition of The Genomics landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights five new educational videos that use poetry and dance.
… to decipher one's ancestral origins. ' Zarko's Story: Genomic Medicine in Action ' reveals the experience of a … to store, share, analyze, and compute across large genomic and genomic-related datasets. This will involve creating a …
Leadership Initiatives
The Genomic Literacy, Education, and Engagement Initiative is a national campaign to enhance genomic literacy.
… The Genomic Literacy, Education, and Engagement (GLEE) Initiative … is envisioned as a national campaign to enhance the genomic literacy of three target audiences: K-16 students, … and engaged public that is equipped and empowered by the knowledge they need to make informed healthcare-related …
About NHGRI
The Genomics and Society Working Group advises on planning and priorities for genomics and society activities at NHGRI.
… of Genomics and Society in light of changes in genomics, genomic medicine, and the policy landscape, aiming to …
Fact Sheets
Genomics is the study of all of a person's genes (the genome), including interactions of those genes with each other and with the person's environment.
… human DNA generated by the Human Genome Project and other genomic research, scientists and clinicians have more … that treatments will be tailored to a patient's particular genomic makeup. Thus, the role of genetics in health care is … to change profoundly and the first examples of the era of genomic medicine are upon us. It is important to realize, …