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Dr. Ajay Pillai was a program director in the Division of Genome Sciences at the National Human Genome Research Institute from 2012 to 2025.​
Event
NHGRI will host a two-day symposium, on December 2-3, 2021, examining the history of eugenics and scientific racism and their complex legacies in the modern health sciences.
… p.m. Eliot Slater, Homosexuality and the Origins of "Queer Science" Ross Brooks (Oxford Brookes University) Slides 2:00 … day discrimination and bias? We look to the history of science and medicine to help explain. Since its inception, … Program. NHGRI has invited distinguished historians of science and medicine to speak at a two-day symposium that …
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NHGRI launched a Reddit Science "Ask Me Anything" series to share our genomics expertise with the public through online question and answer sessions.
… NHGRI launched a Reddit Science "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) series to share our genomics … "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) Series … ​NHGRI launched a Reddit Science "Ask Me Anything" series to share our genomics … AMA, CRISPR, Genetic Testing … NHGRI launched a Reddit Science "Ask Me Anything" series to share our genomics …
Jobs at NHGRI
NHGRI has multiple position openings for Health Scientist Administrators in the Division of Genome Sciences, Division of Genomic Medicine, Division of Extramural Operations, and Office of the Director.
… genomics in clinical care, computational genomics and data science, and the ethical, legal and social implications of …
News Release
NIH issues a notice seeking public comment on a proposed update to the data management of genomic summary results under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy.
… acting NIH chief of staff and associate director for science policy, and NHGRI director, Dr. Eric Green. Additionally, experts from the NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP) and NHGRI will co-host a webinar on … contact the OSP at SciencePolicy@od.nih.gov … Advancing Science, Protecting Participants … Related Content … NIH …
Event
The purpose of this semi-annual lecture series is to bring distinguished researchers whose work sits at the interaction of genomics and the social and behavioral sciences to speak to the NIH community.
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.
… Epigenetics … Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies heritable changes caused by the … called an epigenome. … Epigenetics is an emerging field of science that studies heritable changes caused by the …
Staff
Dr. Heidi Sofia served as a program director in the Division of Genomic Medicine at the National Human Genome Research Institute from 2010-2023.
… a community resource. Dr. Sofia manages a genomics, data science, and informatics portfolio, which includes research … and small business awards, and participates in NIH data science initiatives such as BD2K and BISTI. Her interests … Laboratory (PNNL), one of the Department of Energy (DOE) science labs, on projects in genomic analysis, information …
Event
Pre-Application Webinar for the NHGRI Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space Clinical Resource (ACR) (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) Funding Opportunity Announcement
… RFA-HG-22-021 : The NHGRI Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space … of Pre-Application Webinar for the NHGRI Genomic Data Science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space … clinical tools and services within the NHGRI Data Science Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-Space …
News Release
Laura Koehly, Ph.D., has been named chief of NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch.
… of the branch as the home of social and behavioral science at NHGRI and as leaders in the field at large," Dr. … interest in the social sciences. That led to a Bachelor of Science in psychology with a minor in statistics from the … 1994 and 1996, she earned her Master of Arts, a Master of Science and a doctorate in quantitative psychology and …