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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.
… 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 … and experienced community of people who have a heart for genomics and genetics,” said ASHG President Brendan Lee, …
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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.
… awarding $5.4 million in first-year funding to establish a new program that supports the integration of genomics into … (gLHS) Network aims to identify and advance approaches for integrating genomic information into existing learning …
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To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score.
… technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score . Since polygenic risk scores have not been effective for all populations, the researchers recalibrated these …
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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.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … New consortium will include six study sites and one … Polygenic risk scores, often referred to as PRS, are a genetic estimate of a person’s risk for specific diseases. Researchers and clinicians calculate …
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NIH programs are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling use in medicine and research.
… are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling their use in genomic … and research experts to develop standard processes for reviewing data about gene variants and their connections … into prevention and cancer biology, the development of new interventions, and the training and mentoring of new
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NHGRI sponsored its 12th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XII: Genomics and Risk Prediction on May 6-7, 2019.
… its 12th Genomic Medicine meeting,  Genomic Medicine XII: Genomics and Risk Prediction . The objectives of the meeting … that should be integrated with genetic variant information in predicting risk Identify research directions in development and implementation of genomic risk prediction …
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On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD.
… its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD. This meeting discussed the current state of … in the U.S., as well as barriers and opportunities for expanded population screening, impact on clinical …
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On August 31 - September 1, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will sponsor its 14th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XIV: Genomic Learning Healthcare Systems.  
… Wednesday, August 31, 2022   Time Topic Speaker(s) 11:00 a.m. Welcome and Introductions     Overview of National … Osterman   Population-Based Clinical Decision Support for Precision Medicine (15 min) Guilherme Del Fiol   … min) 2:25 p.m. Break 2:55 p.m. Session 3: The Role of gLHS in Increasing Health Equity and Access to Genomic Healthcare …
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On December 12-13, 2024, NHGRI and NIAID co-sponsored the 16th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XVI: Host Genomics and Infectious Disease, in Bethesda MD.
… the meeting were to: Define currently available approaches for using host genomic information in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of infectious … identify needs, opportunities, and challenges for applying a patient’s genomic information (genome sequence, …
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On February 9-10, 2021, NHGRI will host it's 13th Genomic Medicine Meeting - Genomic Medicine XIII: Developing a Clinical Genomic Informatics Research Agenda.
… Eric D. Green, M.D., Ph.D. Session 1: Making the case for a clinical genomic informatics research strategy … Casey Overby Taylor, Ph.D.   Inherent Racism Induces Bias in Algorithm Development: Can Implementation of Genetic …