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Research at NHGRI
NHGRI researchers work with patients and families to understand of how genes influence disease and develop more effective diagnostics and treatments.
… Equipped with the power of genomic information and state-of-the art resources … (NIH), clinical researchers at the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) are leading a new era in medicine - one where a more profound understanding of the …
News Release
eMERGE Network will support multiple clinical sites and a coordinating center with $75 million over five years.
… $75 million over five years. … The National Institutes of Health has announced the provision of $75 million in funding over five years for the Electronic Medical Records … … About NHGRI and NIH … Related Content … NIH funds centers to improve the role of genomics in assessing and …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 6, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., celebrates the 25th anniversary of the NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC). a well-respected and highly used large-scale DNA sequencing center that exemplifies the evolution of the field of genomics and the ever-increasing abilities to produce prodigious amounts of genomic data.
… operating based on last year’s budget — awaiting passage of a new budget for the current fiscal year. The CR allows … we eagerly await a new budget for Fiscal Year 2023. In September, President Biden announced his intention to … research programs of 13 other NIH institutes and centers joined forces with NHGRI to establish the NIH …
Event
Pre-application webinar on for the Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC) data analysis validation centers funding opportunity announcement (FOA) on September 7, 2022.
… Molecular Phenotypes of Null Alleles in Cells (MorPhiC) Phase I: Data Analysis and Validation Centers (U01 Clinical trials not allowed) RFA-HG-22-019 … …
Research Funding
A collaborative large-scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective variants contributing to multiple common disease phenotypes.
… The Centers for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG) are a … disease phenotypes. … The CCDG initiative explores a range of diseases with the goal of: Undertaking variant discovery … approaches and technologies for multiple disease research communities and the wider biomedical research …
Staff
Dr. Neil Hanchard is a clinical investigator within the Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR) and head of the Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section within the CPHR.
… (COEH)  Childhood-onset essential hypertension – in which there is elevated blood pressure in childhood without an obvious cause - affects 1-2% of all children, accounting for about 40% of all hypertension … by more severe multisystem dysfunction. Despite decades of research, the underlying reasons why some children develop …
Event
The NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program will host the Pre-Application Webinar for the Building Partnerships and Broadening Perspectives to Advance ELSI Research (BBAER) Program - New Limited Competition for Resource Limited Institutions on August 28, 2024.
… to Advance Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research (BBAER) Program (UM1), Clinical Trial Optional … Research (BBAER) Program ( RFA-HG-24-026 ). The purpose of the BBAER Program was to broaden the types of knowledge, … skills, expertise, experience, and perspectives used in research addressing the ethical, legal, and social …
Research Training
An opportunity for recent college graduates to spend a year engaged in biomedical research in NHGRI laboratories.
… The Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award (Post-Bac IRTA) provides the … for recent college graduates to spend a year engaged in biomedical investigation in National Human Genome Research … in this program, participants work side-by-side with some of the leading scientists in the world in an environment …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2024 issue of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green welcomes James Thomas as the new director for NIH Intramural Sequencing Center (NISC).
… address to the entering class at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Since most of the students in attendance are not majoring in the … enabling powerful genomics studies across institutes and centers.  “For more than 25 years, NISC has played an …
Research Funding
Fosters basic and applied research on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic and genomic research. ​
… The Centers of Excellence in ELSI Research bring investigators from multiple …