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On October 10, 2024, NHGRI hosted a pre-application webinar for the Population Genomic Screening in Primary Care NOFOs. The purpose of these NOFOs is to implement and evaluate a pilot program of population genomic screening for common, actionable genomic conditions in a primary care setting.
… Welcome Overview of the Population Genomic Screening Discussion … See the … webinar for the Population Genomic Screening in Primary Care NOFOs: RFA-HG-24-021 , RFA-HG-24-022 , and RFA-HG-24-023 . The purpose of these NOFOs is to implement and evaluate a pilot program …
News Release
NHGRI has released a new action agenda for a diverse genomics workforce. This ambitious set of goals, objectives, and implementation strategies details NHGRI’s plans for enhancing the diversity of the genomics workforce by 2030.
… champion an inclusive genomics workforce. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a new action agenda for a … to the NHGRI director on genomics and health disparities, in the latest issue of ASHG’s American Journal of Human …
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NHGRI has established the Office of Training, Diversity and Health Equity (TiDHE) to enable the highest level of genomic innovation by fostering diversity and health equity in genomics and genomic medicine. It will also serve as the central coordinating office for training and career development across the Institute.
… addressing health disparities. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has established the Office of Training, Diversity and Health Equity (TiDHE) to enable … innovation by fostering diversity and health equity in genomics and genomic medicine. It will also serve as the …
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NIH researchers compared a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome to the standard model and found the updated version to be enhanced.
… options for Down syndrome. … National Institutes of Health researchers compared a new genetic animal model of … the updated version to be more similar to the changes seen in humans. The new mouse model shows milder cognitive traits … use different strains of mice as animal models to study human diseases because most genes in humans have similar …
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Stomach cancers fall into four distinct molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas Network have found.
… molecular subtypes researchers with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Network have found. In the study, published … … A More Useful Classification System Instead of considering gastric cancer as a single disease, as has … by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), both parts of the …
News Release
This publication and the release of the accompanying data address knowledge gaps across genomics and are certain to have a continuing impact in the field.
… Amy Bentley … As the birthplace of modern humans, Africa is home to the greatest genomic variation in the world. An important limitation to the field of … a continuing impact in the field. Geographical regions and populations of origin for H3Africa whole genome sequence …
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On November 8-9, 2023, NHGRI sponsored its 15th Genomic Medicine meeting, Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD.
… On November 8-9, 2023, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) sponsored its 15th … Genomic Medicine XV: Genomics and Population Screening, in Bethesda MD. This meeting discussed the current state of population genomic screening in the U.S., as well as …
News Release
An international team of researchers including NIH has completed the first comprehensive characterization of genomic diversity across sub-Saharan Africa.
… that includes researchers from the National Institutes of Health has completed the first comprehensive … Africa. The region is the most genetically diverse in the world, yet few studies have looked into genomic risk … that the migration from Africa in the early days of the human race was followed by a migration back into the …
News
To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score.
… tests more accurately assess disease risk regardless of genetic ancestry. … To prevent an emerging genomic … recalibrated these genetic tests using ancestrally diverse genomic data. As reported in Nature Medicine , the optimized tests provide a more …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 7, 2021 edition of The Genomics Landscape, Dr. Eric Green details NHGRI's new agenda on enhancing genomics workforce diversity.
… Ph.D. … Happy New Year! And thank goodness 2020 is now in the rearview mirror. With encouraging developments related … in genomics. The Genomic Medicine Working Group of the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research recently published a “year in review ” …