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Research at NHGRI
The Metabolic, Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex diseases.
… and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch (MCIDGB) studies the genomic and social determinants of complex … clinical observation, genetic analysis and functional studies. MCIDGB investigators seek to understand the … Cardiovascular and Inflammatory Disease Genomics Branch studies the genomic and social determinants of complex …
Research at NHGRI
The NHGRI Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch identifies and study genes that contribute to cancer susceptibility and progression.
… implement new technologies and bioinformatics tools for genome analysis that are integral to this discovery pipeline. … cancers. This involves using both linkage and genome-wide association studies of families and case-control studies. In …
Clinical Research
GENE-FORECAST® is developing a community cohort and resource for defining the significance of ancestry-related genomic variation in African-Americans.
… heart attack and stroke). Based on previous epidemiology studies, it is anticipated that the prevalence of clinically … proband may also be invited to participate in these G2P studies to further characterize the biological significance … Coordinator National Institutes of Health National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Genomics of Metabolic, …
Staff
Dr. Heidi Parker is an Associate Investigator in the Comparative Genetics Section of the Cancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, NHGRI.
… and Comparative Genomics Branch at the National Human Genome Research Institute of NIH. She earned her Ph.D. from … predisposition and breed sharing combined with genome-wide association, to find the inherited loci associated with high …
Staff
Dr. Tyra Wolfsberg is the associate director of the Bioinformatics and Scientific Programming Core at the National Human Genome Research Institute.
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… and retroviral integration sites to the annotation of the genome of the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi . Dr. Wolfsberg … and safety of retroviruses used as vectors in gene therapy studies. More recently, her group has expanded the pipeline … zebrafish gene knockout resource for the genome-wide study of gene function. Genome Res , 23(4):727-35. 2013. …
Educational Resources
Newborn genetic screening is testing performed on newborn babies to detect a wide variety of disorders.
… is testing performed on newborn babies to detect a wide variety of disorders. … Newborn Screening, Genetic … is testing performed on newborn babies to detect a wide variety of disorders. … Educational Resources …
Jobs at NHGRI
An NIH-funded postdoctoral position is available in the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section (CCDGS), a new section in the Center for Precision Health Research at NHGRI, under Dr. Neil Hanchard.
… Center for Precision Health Research at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) in Bethesda, Maryland under … candidate will be responsible for conducting genome-wide analyses of the development of red cell antibodies … available datasets and conducting targeted functional studies utilizing single cell technologies. The anticipated …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details NHGRI's new Diversity in Genomics Workforce Initiative.
… up to the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. I encourage you to check out … and clinical research workforce in genomics. At an NIH-wide level, NHGRI is participating in the Maximizing … potentially increasing the scientific impact of individual studies. A new Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) …
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.
… (IGNITE) program administered by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH. All three … Two grants focus on the use of pharmacogenomics, which studies how a patient's genetic make-up affects drug … University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee for studies on genomically guided prescriptions of cardiovascular …
Clinical Research
A study for patients with unexpected genetic results