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Talking Glossary
Scientific racism is a historical pattern of ideologies that generate pseudo-scientific racist beliefs.
… racist beliefs. That perpetually influences racial bias and discrimination in science and research. Leading scientists across scientific institutions in the 19th and early 20th centuries were proponents of such ideologies. …
Educational Resources
NHGRI participates in the South By Southwest (SXSW) conference to help increase genomic literacy.
… Voting for the SXSW and SXSW EDU Conference is now closed. Please check back … the answer to our identity always seems to shift. Today, race is often used as an identifier. But race is a fluid … and intertwined relationships between a person's ancestry, ethnicity, and racial identity. So, we ask, is there a world …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recaps progress from NHGRI strategic planning process events in 2018.
… Ph.D. … As signaled by the rapid arrival of cold weather and the seemingly overnight arrival of holiday-themed daily … Disparities, Vence Bonham, J.D., entitled "Examining How Race, Ethnicity, and Ancestry Data Are Used in Biomedical …
Research Funding
The three research domains to be considered for support by the NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… Program Contact: Sheethal Jose … Genomics and Sociocultural Structures and Values Genomics and the … and medicine is also of interest. Concepts such as race, gender, disability, literacy and class can influence … stigmatization or discrimination based on their race, ethnicity or gender identity. How individuals, families and …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH develops a comprehensive staff and training program that uses genomic approaches to study human health and to reduce/eliminate health disparities.
… for the training of several minority scientists and students from high school through graduate programs and … as participants and researchers. "There is only one human race", Rotimi says. "One common characteristic of humans is … Africans beneath our skin." What Rotimi does not study is race. "If we look at pharmacogenomics and social groups — …
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.
… anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project, and the 20th anniversary of National DNA Day. To commemorate … challenges in the use of population descriptors such as race, ethnicity, and ancestry in genetics and genomics research. …
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 … about the genomics workforce demographics, which include race, ethnicity, ancestry; age; gender identity; sexual …
News Release
April 25, 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the completion of the Human Genome Project and the 70th anniversary of the discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure, milestones being celebrated as part of National DNA Day.
… DNA Day commemorates Human Genome Project’s completion and discovery of DNA’s double-helical structure. … Today … Engineering, and Medicine report about the use of race, ethnicity, and ancestry in biomedical and genomics research. …
The Genomics Landscape
In the March 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the new fact sheets produced by the institute's Communications and Public Liaison Branch.
… to serve as the Acting Science Advisor to President Biden and Acting Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on … (NASEM) study that will provide guidance on the use of race, ethnicity, and genetic ancestry in genomics research. The …
FAQ
On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD. The following questions were answered during the meeting.
… that gave rise to the PRSs used in a clinical population and considering any discordance in the population that gave … the social structural ramifications of screening based on race and/or genetic ancestry? Recognizing that genetic … ancestry and thus the two can't be conflated - (race/ethnicity and genetic ancestry). Thank you for your comment. …