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The Genomics Landscape
In the December 3, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green spotlights on ELSIhub.
… highlights the “Guiding Principles and Values for Human Genomics” described in the recently published 2020 NHGRI … All the best, …   Maintain an overarching focus on using genomics to understand biology, to enhance knowledge about … to translating that knowledge into disease prevention and medical advances.   This guiding principle encapsulates …
About NHGRI
The Genomics and Society Working Group advises on planning and priorities for genomics and society activities at NHGRI.
… The Genomics and Society Working Group provides advice on short- … 2024-2028 Gabriel Lázaro-Muñoz, Ph.D., J.D. Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, 2021-2025 … of North Carolina, 2015-2019 Chanita Hughes-Halbert, Ph.D. Medical University of South Carolina, 2015-2018 Steven Joffe, …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2018 edition of The Genomics landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights five new educational videos that use poetry and dance.
… Bay Area) were open-ended discussions about the future of genomics. We continue to build on what we learn from each … and accomplishments from the institute and the field of genomics.   …   Recognizing the increasing importance of genomics to everyday life, the National Human Genome Research …
The Genomics Landscape
In the May 2021 issue of the Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. notes that a number of individuals with strong ties to NHGRI have been nominated and/or appointed to serve on the White House Science Team.
… it comes many opportunities to engage in areas related to genomics and the biomedical research enterprise. Recently, … starting at 11:30 a.m. ET to hear updates about NHGRI and genomics research more broadly. I am also pleased to announce … that the full schedule for the “Bold Prediction for Human Genomics by 2030” seminar series has been finalized . Each …
News Release
The NHGRI Short Course in Genomics brings the latest genomics science to the classroom.
… Prabarna Ganguly, Ph.D. … The NHGRI Short Course in Genomics brings the latest genomics science to the classroom. … Samantha Agoos, who … At the same time, individuals have more access to more medical information from products such as direct-to-consumer …
Policy Issues
Genome editing is a method that lets scientists change the DNA of many organisms, including plants, bacteria, and animals.
News Release
NHGRI published its “Strategic vision for improving human health at The Forefront of Genomics” in the journal Nature. This vision describes the most compelling research priorities and opportunities in human genomics for the coming decade, signaling a new era in genomics for the Institute and the field.
… 2020 Strategic Vision describes opportunities in human genomics for improving human health. … The National Human … . The National Institutes of Health (NIH)  is the nation's medical research agency, includes 27 institutes and centers … and supporting basic, clinical and translational medical research, and is investigating the causes, treatments …
Policy Issues
Scientists have edited genomes for many years, but CRISPR technology has improved the speed, cost, accuracy, and efficiency of genome editing ​
… creating targeted mutations to the genome. 5  Large-scale genomics projects that once took many years and tens of …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2021 issue of the Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. talks about the NIH UNITE program's goal to end structural racism in biomedical research.
… about highlighting progress in areas that influence the genomics research enterprise — from efforts to end structural … racism in biomedical research. As the nation's leading medical research agency, NIH is uniquely positioned to … Dan Kastner, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded the American Medical Association (AMA) Award for Government Service. The …
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.
… in Bangalore, the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics in Kolkata, the National Institute of Immunology in … research program. Dr. Les Biesecker, Chief of the NHGRI Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch and a highly … on the growing availability of genomic, phenotypic, and medical data. It is truly a magical time to surge ahead and …