Director's Report-Related Documents May 2023 Director's Report [18.1 MB] Director's Report [83.7 MB] No. Relevant Documents 1 Building a Diverse Genomics Workforce Action Agenda: Implementation and Progress Report 2 Human Genetics Scholars Initiative 3 Departure of Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 4 Leadership Transition, NIH Office of AIDS Research 5 New Director, NIH Tribal Health Research Office 6 Departure of Senior Advisor, NIH Office of the Director 7 NIH-Wide Strategic Plan for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) 8 Recommendations for Improving National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship Review Proposed Reviewer Guidance and Application Instructions Request for Information on Recommendations for Improving NRSA Fellowship Review Questions 9 Fiscal Year 2024 Appropriations President’s Budget of the U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2024 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2024 Budget in Brief 10 Mourning the Loss of Paul Berg 11 Mourning the Loss of Casey Brown 12 Mourning the Loss of Janet Sinsheimer 13 Mourning the Loss of Charles Scriver 14 New Director, Wellcome Sanger Institute 15 Elected to National Academy of Sciences 16 NASEM Population Descriptors Report 17 NASEM Study: Toward Sequencing and Mapping RNA Modifications NASEM RNA Study Website NASEM RNA Workshop Recording NASEM RNA Ideation Challenge 18 Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) HGRP Program Website HGRP Consortium Website Press Release and Publications News Stories: New York Times: Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome Washington Post: A new, more diverse human genome offers hope for rare genetic diseases CNN: Scientists have updated the human genome to make it more equitable and inclusive NBC News: Scientists announce rough draft of human pangenome BBC: Updated DNA map better reflects human diversity Yahoo!: Scientists announce rough draft of human pangenome The AP: DNA project gives scientists diverse genome for comparison 19 Zoonomia Project Zoonomia Project Website Science Special Issue 20 Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS) CEGS Program Website PAR-23-098 – Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science 21 Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC) 22 Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) Human dGTEx Program Website Non-Human Primate (NHP) dGTEx Program Website RFA-HG-23-005 – Data Integration and Statistical Analysis Methods (U01) 23 Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space (AnVIL) AnVIL Program Website AnVIL Portal Office Hours & Events Schatz et al. – "Inverting the Model of Genomics Data Sharing with the NHGRI Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space" 24 Computational Genomics and Data Science (CGDS) Program PAR-23-124 – Genomic Community Resources NOT-OD-23-099 – Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Established Data Repositories and Knowledgebases NOT-OD-23-093 – Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Early-stage Data Repositories and Knowledgebases 25 Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Catalog GWAS Catalog Website The Genomics Landscape Story Featuring GWAS Catalog 15th Anniversary 26 Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Network eMERGE Program Website Linder et al. – "Returning Integrated Genomic Risk and Clinical Recommendations: The eMERGE Study" 27 Clinical Sequencing Evidence-generating Research Program (CSER) CSER Consortium Website Kraft et al. – "Conducting Clinical Genomics Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons Learned from the CSER Consortium Experience" Russell et al. – "Lessons Learned While Starting Multi-Institutional Genetics Research in Diverse Populations: A Report from the Clinical Sequencing Evidence-Generating Research (CSER) Consortium" 28 Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) 29 Polygenic Risk MEthods in Diverse Populations Consortium (PRIMED) PRIMED Program Website PRIMED Consortium Website Dikilitas et al. – "Use of Polygenic Risk Scores for Coronary Heart Disease in Ancestrally Diverse Populations" 30 Global Genomic Medicine Consortium (G2MC) G2MC Website Accelerating Access to Genomics for Global Health: Promotion, Implementation, Collaboration, and Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues: A Report of the WHO Science Council G2MC 2023 Conference Registration 31 Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (AGMR) Notice of Intent to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (R01) Notice of Intent to Publish a Notice of Funding Opportunity for Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (R21) 32 Technology Development Program Technology Development Program Website Technology Development Coordinating Center (TDCC) Website Virtual Outreach Series Website 33 Small Business Program Small Business Program Website RFA-CA-23-035 – Small Business Transition Grant for Early Career Scientists NCI Small Business Transition Grant Webpage 34 Training and Career Development Program Training and Career Development Program Website Training and Career Development Annual Meeting 35 Genomic Workforce Diversity Programs PAR-23-123 – Entry-Level Modules (ELM) for Training the Genomics Research Workforce Entry-Level Modules (ELM) Webinar PAR-23-137 – NIH Science Education Partnership Award Science Education Partnership Award Program Website 36 Extramural Investigator-Initiated Highlights Chen et al. – "Multi-ancestry Transcriptome-wide Association Analyses Yield Insights into Tobacco Use Biology and Drug Repurposing" Donohue et al. – "cis-Regulatory Lexicon of DNA Motif Combinations Mediating Cell-type-specific Gene Regulation" Trinidad et al. – “'Extremely slow and Capricious'”: A Qualitative Exploration of Genetic Researcher Priorities in Selecting Shared Data Resources" 37 Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN) UDN Program Website UDN Consortium Website UDN Common Fund Website RFA-NS-22-051 – Data Management Coordinating Center for Diagnostic Centers of Excellence PAR-23-120 – Diagnostic Centers of Excellence 38 Bridge to Artificial Intelligence (Bridge2AI) 39 Somatic Mosaicism Across Human Tissues (SMaHT) SMaHT Program Website NIH Press Release 40 All of Us Research Program All of Us ResearchProgram Website All of Us ResearchProgram Workbench All of Us Research Program Makes Nearly 250,000 Whole Genome Sequences Available to Advance Precision Medicine 41 NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability (NCPI) NCPI Program Website NCPI Consortium Website NCPI Project Solicitation Announcement 42 2023 Genomics Anniversaries DNA Day Symposium Website Video of DNA Day Symposium 43 Who is the G.O.A.T. NHGRI Director? 44 New NHGRI Videos on GenomeTV/YouTube Strawberry DNA Extraction How to Sequence a Genome in 7 ‘Easy’ Steps 45 Human Genome Project 'G5' Virtual Reunion 46 Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code Exhibition Pieces Now on Display at NIH 47 NHGRI History of Genomics Program: Archive Highlight 48 Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) ISCC-PEG Scholars Program Website 12th Annual ISCC-PEG Meeting Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing FAQ For Healthcare Professionals 49 Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal Finalists Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal Website Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal 2023 Finalists 50 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG): 2022 Presidential Address 2022 ASHG Presidential Address Video 2022 ASHG Presidential Address Publication 51 NHGRI Intramural Research Highlights Guedj et al. – "The Impact of Mmu17 Non-Hsa21 Orthologous Genes in the Ts65Dn Mouse Model of Down Syndrome: The ‘Gold Standard’ Refuted" Spatola et al. – "The Dogs of Chernobyl: Demographic Insights into Populations Inhabiting the Nuclear Exclusion Zone" Rautiainen et al. – "Telomere-to-Telomere Assembly of Diploid Chromosomes with Verkko" 52 ‘One-Stop-Shop’ to Stay Connected Last updated: May 15, 2023