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Researchers with support from NIH will conduct research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's disease.
… support from the National Institutes of Health to conduct research into the genetic underpinnings of Alzheimer's … participants free of the disorder. They also will study genomic data from 111 large families, a portion of which are … of the Alzheimer's genome in families. By identifying genomic regions that are likely to contain rare high-risk or …
Research Funding
Fosters basic and applied research on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic and genomic research. ​
… The Centers of Excellence in ELSI Research bring investigators from multiple disciplines … interpretation, understanding and use of genetic and genomic information and associated technologies.  Genomics … governments, systems or other organized stakeholders.  Genomic Research Design and Implementation These projects may …
The Informed Consent Resource
Explore the basic elements of informed consent that are required by the Common Rule and that are relevant to genomics.
… Regulations require "a statement that the study involves research, an explanation of the purposes of the research..." … involves research, why they have been approached about participation, and who is sponsoring the project. This … topics such as a brief description of the underlying genomic science, the study design, the diseases(s) or …
Fact Sheet
Several regulations and policies stipulate the information that must be given to research participants prior to their enrolling in a study.
… The Big Picture:  Informed consent is crucial in research as it ensures individuals have an informed choice … samples for certain purposes. In accordance with the NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) policy , researchers who intend to … collected or created after January 25, 2015, to derive genomic data may only do so when the original informed …
News Release
NIH expands its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements Project, which is creating a fundamental genomics resource scientists to study human health and disease.
… genome sequences and to understand the consequence of genomic variation," said Elise Feingold, Ph.D., a program … genome, and to analyze the enormous database of generated genomic information. The data and tools generated by ENCODE … synthesizes the data into an encyclopedia for use by the research community. Pending the availability of funds, NHGRI …
Diversity Center
The Pacific Center for Genome Research (PCGR) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) aims to grow and support Genomic Research workforce at UHM, a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), which has a mission to serve historically underrepresented population in biomedical research, namely, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.
… The Pacific Center for Genome Research (PCGR) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) aims to grow and support Genomic Research workforce at UHM, a Minority Serving … bringing in new researchers and novel ideas and increasing participation of underrepresented populations and underserved …
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI center focused on computationally intensive approaches to analyze large-scale genomic data and identifying genetic contributions to human disease.
… The Center for Genomics and Data Science Research focuses on the development and application of … intensive approaches to analyze large-scale genetic and genomic data, with a particular focus on identifying genetic … As computational biologists, they employ comparative genomic approaches to understand the evolution and function …
Research Funding
NHGRI's programs and projects support research in one of six domains to advance the field of genomics and improve human health.
… NHGRI's programs and projects support research in one of six domains to advance the field of … Molecular Libraries Program (MLP) Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) The Cancer Genome … and Projects … NHGRI's programs and projects support research in one of six domains to advance the field of …
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 support the development of innovative genomic research projects through infrastructure building and … Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through infrastructure building and …
Research Training
The Clinical Center Genomics Opportunity promotes precision medicine and development of infrastructure to support clinical genomics at the NIH Clinical Center.
… capabilities within their Institutes to effectively use genomic data in clinical research and clinical care. The NIH Office of Intramural … with a vision that this will evolve toward comprehensive genomic evaluations in the future. To initiate this program, …