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Event
A public two-day National Institutes of Health (NIH) symposium that brings together experts from the biological and social sciences to clarify and contextualize – but not resolve - the complexities around sex, gender, and genomics by considering them in their scientific, ethical, and historical contexts.
… Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), the Sexual and Gender Minority Research Office (SGMRO), and the Office of Research …
Policies and Guidance
A list of reports, documents, workshop summaries and other works published by NHGRI.
… Guidelines The NIH mandate that women and members of minority groups and their subpopulations be included in all … Guidelines The NIH mandate that women and members of minority groups and their subpopulations be included in all …
Fact Sheet
mRNA vaccines inject cells with instructions to generate a protein that is normally found on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Leadership Initiatives
NHGRI's strategic planning process will establish a 2020 vision for genomics aimed at accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs.
Policies and Guidance
Guidance describing NHGRI’s position on appropriate third-party involvement.
About NHGRI
NHGRI research undergoes peer review by advisory committees who review extramural grant applications and intramural research programs.
Genetic Disorders
Noonan syndrome involves unusual facial characteristics, short stature, heart defects, bleeding problems, developmental delays and malformations of the ribs.
Research Funding
Fosters basic and applied research on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic and genomic research. ​
News Release
NIH grants aim to gauge if genomics can be used to help diagnose diabetes, manage heart disease and guide cancer clinicians to the most effective drugs.
… clinics and primary care practices, and include rural, minority and other underserved populations. Two grants focus … in Nashville, one of which largely cares for underserved minority patients. The study will examine specific drug-gene …
News Release
NHGRI-funded CSER investigators and colleagues point to need for greater evidence that DNA sequencing helps patients.
… Carolina at Chapel Hill, cited numerous reasons to include minority and medically underserved populations in genomics … out to all populations," he said. "We also need to ensure minority participation in order for the findings to be useful …