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Dr. Lucia Hindorff is the Lead Extramural Training Program Director in the Training, Diversity, and Health Equity Office at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… and Health Equity (TiDHE) Office at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).  She previously served as … and the NHGRI scientific lead for the online NHGRI Genome-wide Association Study catalog.  In her time at NHGRI, she has …
News Release
NIH will fund researchers to develop computational approaches to figure out which differences in DNA make people more susceptible to disease.
… genetic variants - in the less-studied regions of the genome that are responsible for regulating gene activity. A … with a disease, researchers typically conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS), which compares the genomes of …
News Release
Grants are awarded to GTEx project to explore human gene expression and regulation in different tissues, and how genomic variation modulates that expression.
… in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), which helps administer the … For the last decade, scientists have used genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to study the role that genomic …
Staff
Dr. Erin M. Ramos is the director of the Divison of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Dr. Erin Ramos is the Director of the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research … chaired the Data Access Committee (DAC) for the Genetic Association Information to provide access to some of the first genome-wide association studies in dbGaP, and currently serves on …
Policies and Guidance
A webpage with information and associated FAQs that describe various expectations for data sharing that are specific to NHGRI-supported studies.
… How to Register Controlled-Access Studies   Study registration in dbGaP is required for … to single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array data, genome sequence data, transcriptomic data, epigenomic data or … … NOT-HG-21-022 : Notice Announcing the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Expectation for Sharing Quality …
News Release
NIH researchers have uncovered a key factor in understanding the elevated cancer risk associated with gene therapy.
… gene therapy for humans. Researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, published … gene therapy applications. But one prior study did find an association between AAV and the occurrence of liver cancer. … when the disease progresses. In prior MMA gene therapy studies, researchers showed that mice bred to develop the …
News Release
Two grants will support studies on genomic literacy among Africans relating to research conducted in Africa by African investigators.
… … Two grants totaling more than $300,000 will support studies on genomic literacy among Africans as it relates to … in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. "We hope that … Additional information about NHGRI can be found at www.genome.gov . The NIH Common Fund encourages collaboration and …
Research Funding
The N​on-Coding Variants Program explores which variants in a region associated with a disease or trait cause the higher risk for the disease or trait
… of many people are sequenced, millions of sites in the genome differ among those people. Some of these genetic … of genes? A start to interpreting variation is a genome-wide association study (GWAS), in which the genomes of thousands …
Event
NHGRI workshop seeking scientific perspectives for relating genomic variation to human phenotype.
… p.m. Current State of the Art in Variant Discovery and Association Amit Khera Laura Bierut Jonathan Haines 12:10 - … 23, 2019 8:00 - 8:15 a.m. Introduction: Variant and Genome Function NHGRI Staff 8:15 - 9:00 a.m. Current State of … is needed to overcome barriers to performing functional studies at scale? 10:15 - 10:30 a.m  Breakout Session Charge …
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NSIGHT explores the implications, challenges and opportunities associated with the possible use of genomic sequence information during the newborn period.