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Virtual reality is a rapidly expanding area of tech and gaming and important in medicine and health.
… Virtual Reality (VR), one of the most rapidly expanding areas of tech … practice their bedside manner in different scenarios in a virtual world. On February 23, 2018, the National Human … Persky, Ph.D., answers questions during NHGRI's virtual reality Reddit "Ask Me Anything". Image: Ernesto del Aguila …
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NHGRI researchers recently published a study using virtual reality simulations to investigate how clinicians might use a type of genomic risk information called polygenic risk scores in medical care.
… risk reports made different recommendations to the virtual patient based on the additional genomic information. … Institutes of Health, recently published a study using virtual reality simulations to investigate how clinicians might use a … Virtual reality simulations reveal potential biases in …
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Using a virtual reality buffet, researchers studied the hundreds of small decisions mothers make while selecting food for their children.
… buffets - but how do they choose what to eat? Using a virtual reality (VR) buffet, researchers studied the hundreds of … Research Branch (SBRB). She also heads NHGRI's Immersive Virtual Environment Test Unit. Obesity has long been … study, 221 overweight or obese mothers entered a virtual reality room with a food buffet. They could pick both the …
Historical Collections
The NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits using archival materials from our own special collections to tell interesting and important stories from the Human Genome Project and the larger history of genomics.
… NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits using archival materials from our own … Virtual Exhibits … Virtual Exhibits … NHGRI History of Genomics Program produced this series of virtual exhibits using archival materials from our own …
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Dr. Susan Persky is an associate investigator in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… Barbara, where she studied at the Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior. After conducting … she came to the SBRB in 2005. Here, she built an immersive virtual reality-based experimental research lab, founded in 2006, … as a social psychologist at the Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior at the University of …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green, recaps the April 2023 virtual reunion of the leaders of the five genome-sequencing centers (G5), where they tell the untold story on how they ushered the Human Genome Project across the finish line in 2003.
… high quality, and to organize the worldwide effort. The virtual reunion of the G5 leaders aimed to pull back the … and compete with the publicly-funded project. During the virtual discussion, the G5 leaders described how they … human genome sequence by the HGP. An edited video of this virtual reunion is now available on NHGRI’s YouTube channel, …
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The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) will hold its10th annual meeting online on February 16, 2021.
… ISCC-PEG 10th Annual Meeting (Virtual) …
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The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) will hold its 11th annual meeting online on February 16, 2022.
… ISCC-PEG 11th Annual Meeting (Virtual) …
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NHGRI hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting on May 27-29, 2020.
… Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting, on May 27-29, 2020. The purpose of the virtual meeting series is to provide an open forum to discuss … Virtual … NHGRI hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting on …
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NHGRI hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting on May 25-27, 2021.
… Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting, on May 25-27, 2021. The purpose of the virtual meeting series is to provide an open forum to … Virtual … NHGRI hosted the virtual Advanced Genomic Technology Development Meeting on …