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NIH is awarding $5.4 million in first-year funding to establish a new program that supports the integration of genomics into learning health systems. As genomic testing becomes increasingly common, more and more genomic data are available in clinical settings, and learning health systems present an opportunity to translate this evidence quickly and directly into improvements in medical care.
… (gLHS) Network aims to identify and advance approaches for integrating genomic information into existing learning … in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. “Learning … to improve their implementation of genomic medicine.” The awards are jointly funded by NHGRI and the National Cancer …
Research Funding
The Scientific Review Branch manages the initial peer review process for grant proposals assigned to the National Human Genome Research Institute.
… Branch (SRB) manages the initial peer review process grant proposals assigned to the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI). … SRB is responsible for a wide variety of grant proposals, including research … biotechnology resource grants (P41); career development awards (K-series); conferences (R13); short courses (T15); …
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NIH awarded grants to six medical centers to select from the most difficult-to-solve medical cases and develop effective approaches to diagnose them.
… program at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md., that for the past six years has evaluated hundreds of patients and … for rare conditions. "Newly developed methods for genome sequencing now provide us amazingly powerful … . These UDN clinical site awards are supported by NIH grants 1-U01HG007672-01, …
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NHGRI published its “Strategic vision for improving human health at The Forefront of Genomics” in the journal Nature. This vision describes the most compelling research priorities and opportunities in human genomics for the coming decade, signaling a new era in genomics for the Institute and the field.
… Strategic Vision describes opportunities in human genomics for improving human health. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes …
The Genomics Landscape
In the November 5, 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green focuses on the 2020 Strategic Vision.
… … October was a particularly busy (and exciting) month for NHGRI. In addition to celebrating the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project (HGP), which was featured in last month’s The … the Serological Sciences Network for COVID-19, announce grant and contract awardees NIH clinical trial testing …
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An international team of researchers including NIH has completed the first comprehensive characterization of genomic diversity across sub-Saharan Africa.
… yet few studies have looked into genomic risk factors for disease in Africa. … The study provides clues to medical … , is the first to use both dense genotyping and whole-genome sequence data to explore the genomic-variation … scientific director of the NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute. "This is an important study that …
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NIH awards more than $64 million to for a database of human cellular responses called the Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures or LINCS.
… cell pathways and aid in the development of new therapies for many diseases. … The funding establishes six centers, … Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) is funding Dr. Thompson's grant. The grant numbers of the awards are the following: U54HL127365-01; U54HG008100-01; …
Research Training
The Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research provides students the opportunity to perform biomedical research with some of the world's best scientists.
… The Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research provides students at all levels the opportunity to … disease, leading to the development of novel methods for the detection, prevention and treatment of heritable and … high school and college students. The National Human Genome Research Institute also conducts its own Summer …
Funded Research
The Advancing Genomic Medicine Research (AGMR) program stimulates innovation and advance understanding of when, where and how best to implement the use of genomic information and technologies in clinical care.
… Wei-Wen Yu Boston Children's Hospital VIGOR: Virtual Genome Center for Infant Health Caitlin Gloeckner Allen Medical University … (ARDI): Advancing Genomic Medicine through rare diseases research in Africa Gabor T. Marth Martin Tristani-Firouzi …
About NHGRI
NHGRI's organizational structure is divided into seven divisions and the Office of the Director to reflect the emerging landscape of genomics research.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) organizational structure is … at the 66th meeting of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research. The organizational structure is …