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Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NIH Genetic Counseling Training Program addresses the growing need for genetic counseling services.
… pausing admissions to undergo strategic planning and development. NHGRI wants to hear from you on the current … choices are laden with uncertainty and raise difficult ethical, legal and social issues. Genetic information can have …
Media Advisory
On January 25, 2023, the National Human Genome Research Institute will host a virtual roundtable to discuss social and behavioral genetics and genomics, including their benefits, limitations and potential for misuse.
… The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health will host a virtual roundtable to discuss social and behavioral genetics and genomics, including their …
Professional Development Programs
The JHU/NHGRI Genetic Counseling Training Program trains students to conduct research and provides clinical rotations to learn about genetic conditions.
Program trains students to conduct social, behavior and policy research in the field of genetic counseling and … of the public in understanding genomics and accompanying ethical, legal, and social issues. EveryLife Foundation for Rare …
News Release
The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a new precision health research program within its Division of Intramural Research.
… Sarah A. Bates, M.S. … Program aims to capitalize on growing availability of large-scale genomic and health record data worldwide to advance the science of precision health. … The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced plans to establish a …
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 … Genome Research Institute laboratories. … While in this program, participants work side-by-side with some of the … provided the performance of the trainee is satisfactory and continued support by the laboratory is available. To be …
Research Funding
The Genomic Variation Program supports large-scale studies of human genetic variation.
… some of the differences among people, such as eye color and blood group, as well as whether a person has a higher or … variants at nearby sites are on the same chromosome. The program also seeks to relate there genetic variants to … clinical effects. … The Genomic Variation Program supports research aimed at: Discovering and typing single nucleotide …
Research Funding
The Genome Sequencing Program uses genome sequencing to identify genes and genomic variants underlying human inherited disease.
… The Genome Sequencing Program is consists of the following centers funded through … addition to creating an essential resource for biomedical research, the HGP helped define NHGRI's niche: developing general paradigms and approaches, and creating data resources and tools. The …
News Release
A genetic mutation that triggers bladder cancer in dogs is identical to a mutation that is implicated in multiple human cancers.
… their low blood sugar. Now, an oncogene shared by dogs and humans points to another way that canines may come to our aid-as a powerful animal model for research into human cancer. … A genetic mutation that … the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-Cambridge Scholars Program; Heidi Parker, Ph.D., of the National Human Genome …
Research Funding
Coordinates activities across the Genome Sequencing Program components
… The National Human Genome Research Institute's Genome Sequencing Program Coordinating Center (GSPCC) was funded in 2016 to … Program components. … The GSPCC has both scientific and administrative activities including: Tracking genome …
Clinical Research
A study for patients with unexpected genetic results
… test results about their risk for cancer, heart disease, and other conditions after having genetic testing done for some other reason. … The Genomic Services Research Program (GSRP) is a study of people with "secondary results” …