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11 - 20 of 2000
Careers and Training
The Health Disparities Unit (HDU) in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is recruiting a postdoctoral fellow interested in the study of the intersection of genomics, social determinants of health and health inequities.
… The Health Disparities Unit (HDU) in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch (SBRB) of the National Human …
News Release
How well cancer patients fare after chemotherapy can be affected by their social interaction with other patients during treatment.
… patients fare after chemotherapy can be affected by their social interaction with other patients during treatment, … (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. … Cancer … them," Jeff Lienert, lead author in NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch and a National Institutes of …
Research Funding
Fosters basic and applied research on the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic and genomic research. ​
… important new, or particularly persistent, ethical, legal, and social issues related to advances in genetics and genomics.   … Research Topics Studying interactions Among Social, Behavioral & Genetic Factors in Health  (10/01) Cancer …
News Release
NIH will hold a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" with members of its NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program, a part of the Division … together experts in wide-ranging fields - bioethics, law, behavioral and social sciences, epidemiology, public health, …
Research Funding
The three research domains to be considered for support by the NHGRI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research Program.
… Program Contact: Sheethal Jose … Genomics and Sociocultural Structures and Values Genomics and the Physical and Social Environments Genomics and Social Justice Shifting … Implications of increasing genomic knowledge, including behavioral genetics knowledge, for conceptions of normality …
News Release
Four NIH grants will support research on the ethical, legal and social questions raised by genomics research advances and genomic information.
… of Health will support research on the ethical, legal and social questions raised by advances in genomics research … together experts in wide-ranging fields - bioethics, law, behavioral and social sciences, epidemiology, public health, …
News Release
NHGRI researchers and colleagues are calling for health disparities research that focuses on the microbiome.
… at NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and their colleagues* are calling for health disparities … on us -- are both influenced by people's environments and social interactions. As a result, the microbiome and health … about the socioeconomic, psychosocial, cultural and behavioral factors in people of diverse ancestry, according …
15 Ways Genomics Influences Our World
Genomics is fostering an appreciation for what our DNA means for our health, identities and culture.
… for what our DNA means for our health, identities and culture. … Do you know what the slogan "it's in your DNA" … anyone's genome sequence raises many issues regarding the social context of genomics. Information about our genomes is … 1990, the  Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program  was formally established at the National …
News Release
Researchers and clinicians are sequencing human genomes faster than ever, so considering the societal implications of genomic data is even crucial.
… Reddit "Ask Me Anything" (AMA) with ELSI program directors and NHGRI policy experts. Our hosts were Lawrence Brody, … for all individuals and populations.The Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research Program at the National Human Genome Research …
News Release
NHGRI researchers seek help from people with Sickle Cell Disease to find the factors - environmental, social and genetic - that impact the severity of symptoms.
… over their bodies, kidney problems, higher risk of stroke and in rare cases, chronic leg ulcers. These and other … affected by SCD to find the factors - environmental, social and genetic - that impact the severity of symptoms. … J.D., an associate investigator with NHGRI's Social and Behavioral Research Branch , Division of Intramural Research. …