Search Results
Staff
​Chris Wellington is a program director for Computational Genomics and Data Science in the NHGRI Office of Genomic Data Science.
… Mr. Wellington worked on the NIH Common Fund Human Microbiome Project and the Big Data to Knowledge initiative. … and math from the University of Richmond in 2007. … Human Microbiome Project Consortium. 2012. A framework for human microbiome research . Nature . 486(7402):215-21. doi …
News Release
NHGRI researchers seek help from people with Sickle Cell Disease to find the factors - environmental, social and genetic - that impact the severity of symptoms.
… and India. The goal of Mr. Bonham's study, Insights Into Microbiome and Environmental Contributions to Sickle Cell … of participants' health status by studying the role of the microbiome (bacteria, fungi and viruses living in and on all … things like the role of stress, the impact of the microbiome and social factors on health status and quality of …
Outreach
A list of high quality educational activities to engage students on DNA Day.
… foods in the cafeteria and classroom to food allergies. Microbiome Lesson Plans by Alumni from the National Human … Research Institute's Short Course in Genomics Study the microbiome in the classroom with four lesson plans inspired …
News Release
NHGRI celebrated the 15th anniversary of the Human Genome Project with a "15 for 15" Celebration that commemorates the genomic advances since 2003.
… of Genome Sciences, about the lessons learned from microbiome research. Dr. Proctor's discussion topic is "Your Microbiome is a Part of this Microbial Planet." This Human …
News Release
Four NHGRI researchers share the steps toward a career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students.
… and Behavioral Research Branch. She studies the skin microbiome and leg ulcers in patients with sickle cell …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Dr. Eric Green highlights Dr. Dan Kastner as the Federal Employee of the Year.
… efforts in managing the first phase of the Human Microbiome Project . She has been integral to the success of … to a second phase and its ultimate completion. The Human Microbiome Project is often cited as an 'exemplar' NIH Common … Fund program. It has also helped to establish and advance microbiome research at the NIH more broadly. Lita will stay …
The Genomics Landscape
In the September 2021 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details how social media provides NHGRI staff with a space to talk about their work, make genomics topics easy to understand, and show how genomics can positively affect people.
… virtual activities. This year’s course featured the new Microbiome Lesson Plans , developed by educators and alumni … These were inspired by lectures and resources on the microbiome offered at various Short Courses in Genomics over … human gene … NHGRI Short Course in Genomics features new microbiome lesson plans for science educators … ISCC-PEG …
Staff
Vence Bonham is the acting deputy director for NHGRI and an associate investigator in NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch.
​
… survey methods, and biological data including genomic, microbiome, and clinical data. Mr. Bonham and colleagues have … In 2014, Mr. Bonham established the Insights into the Microbiome and Environmental Contributions to Sickle Cell … To achieve its goals, the study characterizes the skin microbiome of sickle cell disease patients, collects genomic …
Staff
Kris Wetterstrand is the program operations lead in the NIH Division of Extramural Operatons.
… functional DNA elements in the human genome, and the Human Microbiome Project, an effort to sequence the DNA of microbes …
Staff
Dr. Shurjo Sen is a program director in NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences who manages a portfolio of grants focused upon genomic data sciences, and is particularly interested in transitioning genomics from a centralized data repository model to cloud-based collaborative science.
… Between 2016-2019, he served as the co-director of NCI’s Microbiome and Genetics Core Laboratory, where he developed and implemented an array of robotics-based microbiome sequencing methods and corresponding analysis …