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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 …
Staff
Elena Ghanaim is the Policy Advisor for Data Science and Sharing within the Office of Genomic Data Science (OGDS) at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Staff
Sharna Tingle is the Genomic Program Administrator for NHGRI's Division of Extramural Operations.
… researched, as a National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Minority Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow, the genetic variation …
Staff
Christina R. Daulton is an education outreach specialist in the Education and Community Involvement Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… access and equity issues, including the contributions of minority-serving institutions to their communities. Ms. …
Staff
Christopher Williams, Ph.D. is the lead education outreach specialist in NHGRI's Education and Community Involvement Branch.
News Release
Experts discussed the gaps, challenges and opportunities in genomics at Genomic Medicine Meeting VIII: NHGRI's Genomic Medicine Portfolio, sponsored by NHGRI.
… diversity in research participants, including ethnic and minority populations. According to Dr. Bult, diversity … physician attitudes about race and health, lack of minority investigators, language difficulties and a lack of …
Staff
Dr. Elisabeth F. Heuston is a molecular biology and bioinformatics Staff Scientist with the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH).
… like type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia in minority populations. Her current projects include (1) …
Research at NHGRI
The Center for Precision Health Research, formerly Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch, studies how health and disease are related to genetic, genomic and metabolic variation.
Profile
Dr. Joan Bailey-Wilson, who retired in September 2022, looks back on her 42-year career as a scientist and reflects on the rapid growth of the genomics field.
News Release
NHGRI has awarded $6.4 million in first-year funding to establish Diversity Centers for Genome Research at three institutions: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Meharry Medical College; and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
… are jointly funded by NHGRI and the National Institute for Minority Health and Disparities (NIMHD). Additionally, the …