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On February 23, 2023, NHGRI and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) continue their collaboration to present, "Historically Speaking: Next Generation of Black Leaders in Genetic Science."
News Release
By considering mixed genetic lineages, NHGRI researchers demonstrated that previously inferred links between a genomic variant that helps digest lactose and traits such as a person’s height and cholesterol level may not be valid.
… ancestry should be re-evaluated. “By reading population genetics papers, we realized that the pattern of genetic … catalogs of human genomic variation. By reading population genetics papers, we realized that the pattern of genetic … mixed ancestral backgrounds and that accounting for these complex ancestral backgrounds is critically important in …
News
To prevent an emerging genomic technology from contributing to health disparities, a scientific team funded by the National Institutes of Health has devised new ways to improve a genetic testing method called a polygenic risk score.
… disparities often stem from systemic discrimination, not genetics, these false results are a way that inequitable …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is revolutionizing health assessments before birth.
… Prenatal Genetic Diagnostic Tests Australia's Centre for Genetics Education - Overview of Prenatal Testing CBS News: … NLM - Genetic Testing Registry American Society of Human Genetics - Prenatal Cell-Free DNA Screening Infographics … Clinicians - A Guide to Genomic Test Results for Non-Genetics Providers American Society of Human Genetics - …
Media Advisory
On December 7, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute will host a webinar to discuss the key findings from a recently released Human Genetics & Genomics Workforce Survey Report.
… This past month, the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) released the Human Genetics and Genomics Workforce Survey Report, which lays a … to discuss the key findings from a recently released Human Genetics & Genomics Workforce Survey Report. The panelists …
Staff
Dr. Ebony Madden is the Health Equity and Workforce Diversity Program Director in the Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office at the National Human Genome Research Institute. ​
… Hill, her M.S. in Genetic Counseling and her Ph.D. in Genetics and Human Genetics from Howard University. Her … interests include population genomics, genomic medicine, complex disease and health disparities. … Levy KD, Blake K, … participants. Gene-environment interplay in common complex diseases: forging an integrative …
Educational Resources
A polygenic trait is one whose phenotype is influenced by more than one gene.
… Genotype, Inherited, Mendelian Inheritance, Phenotype, Complex Disease … A polygenic trait is a characteristic, such …
Profile
NHGRI science writer Prabarna Ganguly spoke with Segre about her research career, what makes microbes so complex and her roles in science policy and anti-harassment campaigns.
… Segre about her research career, what makes microbes so complex and her roles in science policy and anti-harassment … Segre about her research career, what makes microbes so complex and her roles in science policy and anti-harassment … Segre about her research career, what makes microbes so complex and her roles in science policy and anti-harassment …
Media Availability
Researchers find that more than 80 percent of mouse genes had variations in the nearby regulatory DNA that affects gene activity.
… Steven Benowitz … Media Availability Complex traits such as height and susceptibility to common … and heart disease usually stem from a complicated mix of genetics and lifestyle. While changes in many genes … gene activity in mice and humans, as well as the cause of complex traits and disease in both species. The research was …
The Genomics Landscape
In May 4, 2023 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., details a report released by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, that provided a series of recommendations for using population descriptors in future genetics and genomics studies.
… data collection and analysis. Applications for the Human Genetics Scholars Initiative (HGSI) , a program that aims to … geography, and ethnicity, but genomic variation is complex and fails to track accurately to these labels. … to investigate the influence of common genomic variants on complex disease. The GWAS Catalog provides a consistent, …