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A series focusing on a specific topic of genomic research by pairing an early career researcher funded under NHGRI’s Genomic Innovator Award Program with an established researcher whose own contributions have paved the way for the specific research area.

… 2022, NHGRI will host a new seminar series based on its Genomic Innovator Award Program, which supports innovative work by … research area, to provide additional context. Since these awards support highly innovative work by early career …

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NIH awards $73 million to continue building resource of genes and genomic variants for precision medicine

NIH will renew three awards totaling $73.2 million over five years to continue building the Clinical Genome (ClinGen) resource, an effort to collect and archive information about clinically relevant genes and genomic variants for use in precision medicine.

… … The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will renew three awards totaling $73.2 million over five years to continue … archive information about clinically relevant genes and genomic variants for use in precision medicine. The National … availability of information about which genes and genomic variants are relevant to human disease. NHGRI …

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NIH awards $27M to establish new network of genomics-enabled learning health systems

NIH is awarding $5.4 million in first-year funding to establish a new program that supports the integration of genomics into learning health systems. As genomic testing becomes increasingly common, more and more genomic data are available in clinical settings, and learning health systems present an opportunity to translate this evidence quickly and directly into improvements in medical care.

… Network will analyze and improve how genomic information is integrated into patient care. … The … aims to identify and advance approaches for integrating genomic information into existing learning health systems. As … to improve their implementation of genomic medicine.” The awards are jointly funded by NHGRI and the National Cancer …

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NIH awards $50.3 million for “multi-omics” research on human health and disease

NIH is establishing the Multi-Omics for Health and Disease Consortium, with approximately $11 million awarded in the consortium’s first year of funding. The new consortium aims to advance the generation and analysis of “multi-omic” data for human health research.

… will use high-throughput molecular assays to generate genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic, proteomic and … Ph.D., M.P.H., deputy director of NHGRI’s Division of Genomic Medicine. “All while potentially providing important … Health and Disease Consortium … About NHGRI and NIH … NIH awards $50.3 million for “multi-omics” research on human …

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NIH funds new Genomics and Public Service Fellowship Program

NHGRI has awarded the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) a five-year, $7.1 million contract to support a new Genomics and Public Service Fellowship Program, which will provide early-stage professionals with experience in a range of genomics careers.

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NIH awards $38 million to improve utility of polygenic risk scores in diverse populations

NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.

… calculate polygenic risk scores by comparing the genomic data of people with and without a particular disease. … Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, will fund six of the awards for $33 million, while the National Cancer Institute … populations. The new consortium, called PRIMED , will pool genomic information from existing and new datasets to develop …

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NIH-supported projects remove major obstacles to genomic medicine

NIH programs are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling use in medicine and research.

… Institutes of Health are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling their use in genomic medicine and research. NIH's Clinical Genome Resource … ClinVar programs address a major barrier to incorporating genomic medicine into healthcare, which is a lack of evidence …

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Genomic Medicine XII: Genomics and Risk Prediction

NHGRI sponsored its 12th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XII: Genomics and Risk Prediction on May 6-7, 2019.

… Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored its 12th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XII: Genomics and Risk Prediction . The … research directions in development and implementation of genomic risk prediction Summaries Executive Summary Meeting …

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NIH will expand existing gene expression resources bank to include developmental tissues

NIH will award $38.5 million over five years to the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx) project, which aims to build a widely available resource of human developmental gene expression in a multitude of tissues for use in basic and clinical research.

… in many different tissues to understand the impact of genomic variation on complex traits and diseases. But gaps … but also to help children who are currently living with genomic diseases. To work toward completing the resource, NIH … Health and Human Development (NICHD). NHGRI will fund two awards, and NICHD will fund one award, each contributing a …

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Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening

On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD.

… Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in … MD. This meeting discussed the current state of population genomic screening in the U.S., as well as barriers and …