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- Genetic Architecture of Complex Traits1
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News Release
NIH-funded research highlights need for diversity in study populations, creates a comprehensive genomic toolkit for scientists
… Ph.D. … NIH-funded research highlights need for diversity in study populations, creates a comprehensive genomic toolkit … better understand how genomic variants influence the risk of forming certain diseases in people of different ethnic groups. The work was funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National …
DIversity Center
Florida International University establishes a Diversity Center for Genome Research.
… Center for Genome Research (FIU-DCGR) aims to champion a diverse genomics research workforce by supporting … building, and genomics training at FIU. The Objectives of FIU-DCGR: Develop a cadre of faculty and student … impact URMs:  We will encourage participants to engage in research that addresses minority communities’ health …
News Release
NHGRI researchers have successfully used facial recognition software to diagnose a rare, genetic disease in known as DiGeorge syndrome.
… Jeannine Mjoseth … Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and their … DiGeorge syndrome and Down syndrome are now part of the Atlas of Human Malformations in Diverse Populations ( …
News Release
NIH researchers and collaborators have found that that sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations.
… finds that sickle cell trait is prevalent among diverse human populations. … National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers and collaborators have found that … backgrounds with sickle cell trait.  The study, published in Blood Advances , was led by researchers at National Human …
News Release
NIH will fund grants totaling $38 million over five years to develop methods that will improve the way that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities.
… and one coordinating center. … The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund grants totaling $38 million over … that polygenic risk scores can be used to predict disease in diverse communities. Polygenic risk scores, often referred … people with and without a particular disease. The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of NIH, will …
News Release
Three summer interns advanced biomedical research as part of the NIH Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Sciences.
… Kiara Palmer … Brenda Iriele grew up seeing first-hand the human cost of inadequate healthcare. Raised in Nigeria, a country where … project was to assist scientists with building out the Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations …
Explainer
Appropriate use of population descriptors in research is a critical scientific issue that is important for advancing genomic science and improving healthcare across human populations.
… The Big Picture Appropriate use of population descriptors in research is a critical scientific issue that is important … advancing genomic science and improving healthcare across human populations. Thoughtful use by researchers and other …
Training, Diversity and Health Equity Office (TiDHE)
The Diversity Centers for Genome Research Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through infrastructure building and the formation of interdisciplinary research teams at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), institutions with a documented record and/or historical and current mission of recruiting, educating, training and graduating students from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research.
… Genome Research Consortium aims to support the development of innovative genomic research projects through … from any of the populations identified as underrepresented in biomedical research as defined by the National Science … For Genome Research Lunch and Learn: The Role of the Human Lipidome in Complex Disease March 22, 2024  Chan …
The Genomics Landscape
In the June 2020 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director Eric Green details NHGRI's new Diversity in Genomics Workforce Initiative.
… Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. … This issue of The Genomics Landscape  comes at an especially difficult time, with the events of the last week in cities across the United States on top of the illness, … leading up to the 30th anniversary of the launch of the Human Genome Project in October 2020. I encourage you to …
Research Funding
The PAGE Consortium investigates ancestrally diverse populations to gain a better understanding of how genetic factors influence susceptibility to disease.
… highlighted the need to further explore initial findings in non-European populations. The Population Architecture … ( RFA HG-12-010  and RFA HG-12-015 ). The first phase of PAGE examined putative causal genetic variants across … Staff … The PAGE Consortium investigates ancestrally diverse populations to gain a better understanding of how …