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About Genomics
An interactive timeline listing key moments from the history of the project.
… ** James Watson was the first NHGRI Director and appears here as part of our history collection. Despite … of Michigan School of Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute as director of NCHGR. Prior to that, … establish rapid prepublication data release as the norm in genomics and other fields. Project leaders reconvene in …
Scientific Community
NHGRI's world-class genomics researchers are accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs that improve human health.
… NHGRI is a leading authority for genomics research related to human health and disease. By conducting world-class genomics research, NHGRI accelerates scientific and medical breakthroughs that improve human health. … Our …
News Release
Dr. Shchelochkov will oversee the research training, fellowship and residency programs at the institute.
… will oversee the research training, fellowship and residency programs at the institute. … The National Human … Fellowships. Dr. Shchelochkov, a clinical geneticist and medical biochemical geneticist, takes the position with over … about both the depth and breadth of Oleg’s vision for genomics education. As our field expands, it is critical for …
Health
Genomic medicine involves using genomic information as part of clinical care and the health outcomes and policy implications of that clinical use.
… Genomic medicine is an emerging medical discipline that involves using genomic information … care (e.g. for diagnostic or therapeutic decision-making) and the health outcomes and policy implications of that … has called for the adoption of 'precision medicine,' where genomics, epigenomics, environmental exposure, and other data …
Fact Sheet
Pharmacogenomics is a growing area of genomic medicine that uses a patient's genomic information to help healthcare providers select the medications and dosages that are predicted to work best in each patient.
… combines two scientific areas, pharmacology and genomics , to study how a person’s DNA affects their response … reaction. Pharmacogenomics is part of the growing medical areas of genomic medicine and precision medicine …
The Genomics Landscape
In the April 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green previews the redesigned genome.gov website and its new features.
… researchers, Dr. John Tisdale of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, who is working to develop a gene … piece illustrates yet another triumph of genomic medicine and offers hope for similar new treatments for other rare … and accomplishments from the institute and the field of genomics. … NHGRI places a high value on the effective …
Staff
Dr. Ferreira was a staff clinician in the Medical Genomics and Metabolic Genetics Branch and the head of the Skeletal Genomics Unit.
… Carlos Ferreira, M.D. … Dr. Carlos Ferreira went to medical school at the National University of Asunción, … a fellowship in Clinical Genetics at the NHGRI and Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Genetics consortium … in Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. … The Skeletal Genomics Unit focuses on using a translational research …
The Genomics Landscape
In the February 2018 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the new director of NHGRI's Division of Genome Sciences.
… a 'Center' (the National Center for Human Genome Research) and transitioned to full-fledged 'Institute' status. At age … and accomplishments from the institute and the field of genomics. … Carolyn M. Hutter, Ph.D., has been selected as … 94. He was a prominent and highly accomplished human and medical geneticist, and a founder of the field of …
Policies and Guidance
The NHGRI funding policy is aimed at accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs that improve human health.
… NHGRI supports the development of resources; methods and technologies that will accelerate research in … in the ethical, legal and societal implications of genomics research, clinical implementation of genomics, … funding policy is aimed at accelerating scientific and medical breakthroughs that improve human health. … Funding …
Educational Resources
Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in the underlying DNA sequence of the organism.
… that studies heritable changes caused by the activation and deactivation of genes without any change in the … alterations to the underlying sequence. The DNA letters and the proteins that interact with DNA can have chemical … that change the degrees to which genes are turned on and off. Certain epigenetic modifications may be passed on …