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… Discuss these questions with your doctor or clinical trial team. … The Democratizing Education Project … will affect people who have pre-existing organ damage in the long term.  … Every person’s experience may be … Outpatient mental health counseling. Primary care during and after the gene therapy.  Costs associated …
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National Institutes of Health researchers have published an assessment of 13 studies that took a genotype-first approach to patient care.
… contrasts with the typical phenotype-first approach to clinical research, which starts with clinical findings. A … into newly described disorders. The study was published in the American Journal of Human Genetics . “We demonstrated … of the disorders and the associated genomic variants. “Genomics has the potential to change reactive medicine into …
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NIH programs are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling use in medicine and research.
… establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling their use in genomic medicine and research. NIH's Clinical Genome Resource ( ClinGen ) and ClinVar programs … developed by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics and the Association for Molecular Pathology to …
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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.
… (ASHG) members have selected Leslie G. Biesecker, M.D., a clinical and molecular geneticist and long-time investigator … Research Institute (NHGRI), as their new president-elect. In 2019, Dr. Biesecker will become president of ASHG, a … … As the senior investigator and chief of NHGRI's Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, Dr. Biesecker leads a …
Media Advisory
On Monday, June 24, 2019, Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) program investigators will present genomic research findings on implications for health and care of newborns during a public webinar session from 1:30 - 5:15 p.m Eastern.
… will review findings on implications for health and care of newborns at the final public session of the National … Human Genome Research Institute’s Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) program. … conditions not screened for in newborns? What additional clinical information could be learned from genomic sequencing …
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eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million over five years.
… Ganguly, Ph.D. … eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million … of Health has announced the provision of $75 million in funding over five years for the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Genomic Risk Assessment and Management …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details NHGRI's new Diversity in Genomics Workforce Initiative.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … This issue of The Genomics Landscape  comes at an especially difficult time, with the events of the last week in cities across the United States on top of the illness, … the diversity of the biomedical, behavioral, social, and clinical research workforce in genomics. At an NIH-wide …
Professional Development Programs
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) seeks qualified physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and genetic counselors interested in acquiring credentials and experience to lead genomic medicine research and implementation programs at the NIH, major medical centers and other organizations.
… collaboration and leadership. An immersive experience in various settings, it allows for a deep dive into project, … portfolio and program management at the forefront of genomics. The keystone of this program is sage mentorship … and collegial experiential learning between fellows across clinical disciplines (PAs, NPs, genetic counselors) . In very …
About NHGRI
The Genomic Medicine Working Group explores and advises on issues related to the adoption of genomic medicine.
… outlined by the 2011 NHGRI Strategic Plan  and continued in the 2020 NHGRI Strategic Plan . The working group will … in advising NHGRI on research needed to evaluate and move genomics into routine medical practice. The working group … organizing genomic medicine meetings  that bring together genomics researchers, clinicians, and other experts involved …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, reflects on the twelve years of groundbreaking research by the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-generating Research (CSER) consortium.
… managed to stay ‘open for business’ as we ushered in Fiscal Year 2024 on October 1. Of course, we do not have a … Finally, the first issue of my monthly newsletter – The Genomics Landscape – was in October 2013 . Happy 10th … Project Grant Program ( PA-19-056 ). …  Since 2011, the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-generating Research (CSER) …