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Dr. Sara Chandros Hull is a co-deputy scientific director in the Office of the Scientific Director and the director of NHGRI's Bioethics Core.
… collaborative research ethics training programs with American Indian and Alaska Native Tribal IRBs and research review … Clinical and Ethical Considerations for Including Diverse Populations in Diagnostic Genetic Atlases. Genetics in …
News Release
NHGRI hosts a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" about using virtual reality to study a host of questions about the human genome.
… genomic variation contributes to health and disease in all populations. While the field of genomics has made progress in including diverse and underrepresented populations in genomics-based studies, a recent analysis … findings and the steps they're taking to ensure all populations are included. Our hosts were Eric Green, M.D., …
The Genomics Landscape
In the January 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green highlights the newly developed polygenic risk scores webpage, which provides graphical and textual information about polygenic risk scores, describes polygenic traits, introduces how polygenic risk scores can be calculated, and explains how such scores can be interpreted.
… leaders, I gave four talks – specifically, at the Indian Academy of Sciences in Bangalore, the National … the National Institute of Immunology in Delhi, and the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. It was valuable to … to polygenic prediction of health and disease in diverse populations Opportunity for new institutional applicants in …
The Genomics Landscape
In the October 2019 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green focuses on recent efforts to make the human genome reference sequence useful to basic and clinical researchers and how increasing the representation of human genomic variation will remain key components of NHGRI’s Human Genome Reference Program.
… and Nov. 19, 2019 at 12 p.m. ET, a poster session at the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting held … “Integrating the Past and Future of ELSI Research” at the American Society of Bioethics and Humanities Annual Meeting … In fact, it serves as a backbone for many studies of human populations and disease. Because of this, NHGRI is committed …
News Release
NHGRI has awarded $6.4 million in first-year funding to establish Diversity Centers for Genome Research at three institutions: University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Meharry Medical College; and the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
… important genomics research questions for underserved populations. … Diversity Centers for Genome Research and … institutions with a record of educating underrepresented populations in biomedical research,” said Ebony Madden, … institutions with a record of educating underrepresented populations in biomedical research. “The significance of …
News Release
The NIH-funded Genomic Data Science Community Network unites institutions from across the country to diversify young researchers working in genomic data science.
… engineering field were Hispanic, Latinx, Black, African American, multiracial or Indigenous Americans even though … Texas El Paso and is helping researchers at the Northwest Indian College and Salish Sea Research Center develop free … diverse and inclusive genomics community ensures that all populations can benefit from scientific research 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.
… the coming months. For those readers going to the annual American Society of Human Genetics’ annual meeting later this … 25 years. … The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will host the second part of a … sharing: Responsible management and sharing of American Indian/Alaska Native participant data NIH and NHGRI News …
News Release
NHGRI is awarding Genomic Innovator Awards to nine institutions to support the research of 12 early career scientists in the field of genomics. The awards will total up to $27 million over five years.
… medicine, and genomic studies in historically marginalized populations. "The awards reflect a cadre of emerging genomics … greater acceptance and inclusivity. "As a Filipino American in academia, I had often felt like all the odds were … guidelines for applying personalized medicine in American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) culture. Le Cong, Ph.D. …
The Genomics Landscape
In April 6, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., talks about how NHGRI will hold a symposium on National DNA Day, April 25, highlighting relevant and interesting topics in genomics and concluding with the annual Louise M. Slaughter National DNA Day Lecture.
… , was featured on the cover of the March issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics . This eye-catching cover pointed to the issue’s publication of Charles’ 2022 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) presidential … … The dogs of Chernobyl: Demographic insights into populations inhabiting the nuclear exclusion zone Spatola et …
Research Training
An opportunity for students to receive individualized research mentoring, learn about careers in genomics and have access to a network of early-career genome scientists.
… (Blacks or African Americans, Hispanics or Latinos, American Indians or Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians and …