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Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Office of the Clinical Director supports world-class clinical research and enhances the education of genetics investigators at all levels.
… The Office of the Clinical Director (OCD) provides oversight and guidance to … involving clinical specimens. Assuming an active role in the development, implementation, and quality assurance of … and help maintain standards of excellence in clinical care, the OCD holds a weekly conference to review the …
News Release
NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… Steven Benowitz … New National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used … extend beyond the academic medical center and explore the use of genomic medicine in community-based clinics and primary care …
Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities for Investigator-Initiated Research in Computational Genomics and Data Science
The Computational Genomics and Data Science Program Announcements (PARs) invite applications for investigator-initiated research efforts fostering innovation in computational genomics, data science, statistics, bioinformatics, and data visualization and exploration.
… INST CAN RESEARCH Evaluation and Development of Statistical Methods for Data Harmonization in Molecular … for functional genomics experiments: Measures to quantify genomic information leakage and file formats for privacy … HG011774 JERNIGAN, ROBERT L IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY Novel Use of Genome Information to Understand Mutations HG012117 …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green announces the appointment of Dr. Adam Phillippy as the founding director of the Center for Genomics and Data Science Research (CGDSR).
… (FDA), which approved two gene therapies for the treatment of sickle cell disease. About 100,000 Americans and millions … improve, new methods are required to make large-scale genomic edits. Such technologies would be particularly useful … dubbed their new method mSwAP-In. To demonstrate the use of this method, the researchers developed a mouse model …
Research Funding
The IGNITE PTN supports a network of multi-site clinical groups involving diverse settings and populations to conduct two pragmatic clinical trials of genomic medicine interventions.
… The Implementing Genomic in Practice (IGNITE) Network was established in 2013 … in diverse clinical settings. The first phase of the network, IGNITE I , was a consortium of collaborative … GUARDD-US and ADOPT-PGx protocol development and trial data are reviewed by the independent, NHGRI-convened DSMB. …
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.
… pandemic behind us, and the genomics community lost one of its shining stars — Debbie Nickerson — on Christmas Eve. I … central to the field of genomics. Both human and non-human genomic data have been widely shared through public data … total number of Data Access Requests (DARs) for secondary use of genomic data (see figure)?   …  In December 2021, …
Event
On November 30th, 2020, NHGRI convened a virtual meeting for journal editors and NHGRI/NIH staff to discuss genomic data sharing.
… meeting for journal editors and NHGRI/NIH staff to discuss genomic data sharing. The goal of this meeting was to learn more about the issues faced by …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about the new NIH Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy and how it emphasizes the importance of good data management practices.
… Welcome to the second month of 2023. It has quickly become apparent that the year is … studying the ancestry of a human population involves the use of DNA from ancient biological specimens. With approval … them. Given the strong commitment of NHGRI researchers to genomic data sharing, the institute believes that the …
News Release
Today, we are updating the way we manage data related to the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy.
… M.D., Ph.D. … Today, we are updating the way we manage data related to the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy to again allow unrestricted access to genomic summary results for most of the studies we support in order to advance health or …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green recognizes Dr. Bill Gahl's achievements as Clinical Director.
… focusing on the research opportunities for connecting genomic variation to phenotype (see story below). This gathering was nothing short of intense, stimulating, and exhilarating, with numerous … 25, 2019. … Genomics Research BRCA Exchange Aggregates Data on Thousands of BRCA Variants to Inform Understanding of …