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Dr. Gahl honored for his leading efforts to diagnose and treat individuals with rare and undiagnosed diseases.
… investigator Bill Gahl, M.D., Ph.D., the prestigious Career Achievement Award. This award recognizes his … NHGRI. One of the highest honors bestowed by HHS, the Career Achievement Award "recognizes HHS employees with 10 or … standard of excellence and dedication throughout their HHS career." Dr. Gahl is one of five recipients of the HHS Career …
Staff
Dr. Settara Chandrasekharappa is an associate investigator in NHGRI's Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch.
… collaborative group in search of the gene responsible for early onset breast cancer ( BRCA1 ), CGU developed resources … discovered in fruit flies, is important in determining early cell-fate decisions. The Chandrasekharappa lab … Ph.D. … Settara Chandrasekharappa, renal cell carcinoma, early onset breast cancer, positional cloning, dna repair … …
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI researchers are creating foundational tools and methods to expand genomics research, ultimately leading to medical breakthroughs.
… At the National Human Genome Research Institute, our researchers are creating foundational tools and methods to … … Related Content … Research Projects … NHGRI researchers are creating foundational tools and methods to … ultimately leading to medical breakthroughs. … NHGRI researchers are creating foundational tools and methods to …
Research at NHGRI
A list of scientific and clinical research investigators at NHGRI.
For Patients and Families
​Clinical research is research conducted with human subjects, or material of human origin, in which the researcher directly interacts with human subjects.
… directly interacts with human subjects. Clinical researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute … with human subjects. Clinical research helps doctors and researchers to find new and better ways to understand, … with colon cancer. By studying cancer cells from patients, researchers may be able to determine the specific genetic …
News Release
NIH researchers identified gene variants that cause a rare syndrome of sporadic fevers, skin rashes and recurring strokes, beginning early in childhood.
… Raymond MacDougall … National Institutes of Health researchers have identified gene variants that cause a rare … fevers, skin rashes and recurring strokes, beginning early in childhood. The team's discovery coincides with … occurred in the families who came to our clinic, the early age of onset suggested to us that the patients were …
Policy Issues
Federally-funded research with human participants must comply with regulations that protect the rights and welfare of the participants.
… rights and welfare of the participants, and require that researchers clarify the benefits and risks of participating … the community structure. Some communities may require the researchers to obtain community approval before seeking … methods significantly faster and cheaper, allowing researchers to generate larger datasets than ever before. …
Policy Issues
Clinical research may yield new health-related information about volunteers who have chosen to participate in the studies.
… research findings. … There are ongoing discussions among researchers, ethicists, policymakers, and research … research. The greater volume of genomic data available to researchers makes the discovery of IFs more likely. In … be discovered. Whether, When, How to Return Increasingly, researchers are returning IFs or IRRs from genomic research …
Research at NHGRI
NHGRI's research focuses on the understanding of human biology and developing new methods for treating disease.
Research Training
The NHGRI Social and Behavioral Research Branch invites recent graduates to pursue multidisciplinary training in genomics and health.
… multidisciplinary training in genomics and health. … Researchers in SBRB investigate social, behavioral, and …