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For Health Professionals
Essential genomics competencies, practice guidelines, and curricular resources for a variety of health professions.
… Healthcare providers (HCPs) will increasingly use knowledge … to HCPs and their educators.  … Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms : Features nearly 250 terms … (G3C) : Collection of unfolding video genetic and genomic case studies for use with students and practicing …
Educational Resources
Genetic counseling is the professional interaction between a healthcare provider with specialized knowledge of genetics and an individual or family.
… counseling is the professional interaction between a healthcare provider with specialized knowledge of genetics … and an individual or family. … Genetic Counseling, Healthcare, Prenatal Testing, Genetic Disease, Genetic … guidance relating to genetic disorders that a specialized healthcare professional (genetic counselor) provides to an …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Advances in genomics are helping you access information about your genome from your home.
… led to an explosion in at-home, or "direct to consumer" genomic testing. You can even seek genomic information without involving a healthcare provider in ordering the test or delivering the …
Explainer
Appropriate use of population descriptors in research is a critical scientific issue that is important for advancing genomic science and improving healthcare across human populations.
… critical scientific issue that is important for advancing genomic science and improving healthcare across human populations. Thoughtful use by … when other data are not available. … Advances in genomic medicine greatly amplify the urgency of ensuring the …
Fact Sheet
With increasing complexity in genomic data, researchers are turning to artificial intelligence and machine learning as ways to identify meaningful patterns for healthcare and research purposes.
… learning analyses could benefit disease research and genomic tools like CRISPR.   NHGRI is identifying and shaping its unique role in the convergence of genomic and machine learning research. … What are machine … learning as ways to identify meaningful patterns for healthcare and research purposes. … Fact Sheet … Artificial …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green talks about the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium, the 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards and more.
… of the central challenges in biology is understanding how genomic variation affects genome function to influence … multiple funding opportunities to establish the Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Consortium , the … for systematically examining the relationships among genomic variation, genome function, and phenotypes. Over the …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
Genomics plays a role in every area of nursing, whether nurses are at the bedside providing one-on-one care, treating entire populations, teaching the next generation of nurses, or making discoveries in the lab.
… is increasingly focusing on precision health . Precision healthcare refers to care that is delivered based upon the understanding of a person’s unique genomic information combined with lifestyle and social, … generation of nurses, or making discoveries in the lab. … Genomic principles form the foundation for disease …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
This FAQ was designed to answer questions regarding how nurses integrate genomics into their education and practice.
… Institutes of Health-American College of Medical Genetics Genomic Medicine Program Management Fellow Washington, DC … integrate genomics into their education and practice. … Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource …
Fact Sheet
Pharmacogenomics is a growing area of genomic medicine that uses a patient's genomic information to help healthcare providers select the medications and dosages that are predicted to work best in each patient.
… their response to medications. A person’s DNA contains genomic variants that influence how their body handles that medication. Because of this natural genomic variation , people can respond differently to a … is called a pharmacogene. Pharmacogenomics can help healthcare providers better predict if a medication will be …
Healthcare Provider Genomics Education Resource
Genomics plays a role in every area of nursing, whether nurses are at the bedside providing one-on-one care, treating entire populations, teaching the next generation of nurses, or making discoveries in the lab.
… is an essential element of delivering personalized healthcare. Nurses must be able to communicate with patients … by applying individualized information, which includes genomic health information (Essential 2.2i).   Nurses must be … competency is the ability to apply knowledge in practice. Genomic knowledge is defined as genomic literacy, which is …