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On January 25, 2023, the National Human Genome Research Institute will hold a roundtable on social and behavioral genomics.
… GWAS of educational attainment” by the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium Problems with Using … Lucas J. Matthews Social by Nature by Catherine Bliss Genetic ancestry testing among white nationalists: From … science by Aaron Panofsky and Joan Donovan Getting genetic ancestry right for science and society by Anna C. F. …
The Genomics Landscape
In the December 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the keynote speaker at the institute's annual symposium, Kate Rubins, a biologist and NASA astronaut who was the first person to sequence DNA in space.
… have formed a network called KwashNet to conduct the first genetic studies on the development of kwashiorkor. They hope … on the new webpage on genome.gov . … November 14 was Genetic Counselor Awareness Day, a time to recognize genetic counselors and the vital work they do. For patients …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., reflects on the important genomics legacy of the Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa) program as it comes to an end.
… in genomics and health sciences to understand the genetic and environmental contributions to health and disease … major African health challenges. This includes the use of genetic, clinical, and epidemiologic methods to identify …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… to develop new and more powerful ways to assess people’s genetic risk for developing various diseases. One approach … interpreted. The use of polygenic risk scores (also called genetic scoring and genetic risk scoring) is becoming more widespread both in the …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., introduces us to new scientific director Charles Rotimi, Ph.D., his background and prior accomplishments.
… of human disease on the African continent. As a leading genetic epidemiologist and genomics researcher with expertise …
Jobs at NHGRI
NHGRI has multiple position openings for Health Scientist Administrators in the Division of Genome Sciences, Division of Genomic Medicine, Division of Extramural Operations, and Office of the Director.
News Release
As director, Erin Ramos will lead the institute’s extramural programs in basic genomics research.
… with Dr. Nina Fedoroff and discovered her interests in statistics, genetic analyses and population-level health. Blending her … of Washington. While a graduate student, she studied the genetic epidemiology of Alzheimer’s disease and …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes James Thomas as the new director for NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… tandem repeats. These types of repeats have been linked to genetic predispositions for certain cancers, and being able … contributes to disease and inform the development of new genetic testing methods. This research was funded by the … collaborations facilitated by NHGRI. … Genomics Research Genetic carriers for sickle cell disease have higher risks of …
The Genomics Landscape
In the July 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green describes the evolution of the NHGRI Intramural Research program over the last three decades talks about its future in conducting truly exceptional basic, translational, and clinical genomics research.
… topics such as rare diseases and direct-to-consumer genetic testing. If you missed it, recorded videos of the … human body contain the same exact DNA, which provides the genetic instructions for producing the proteins essential for … for studies aiming to understand traits informed by many genetic factors and disease development. This research was …
News Release
NHGRI has selected Adam Phillippy, Ph.D. as the founding director of the new Center for Genomics and Data Science Research within the Institute’s Intramural Research Program.