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The Genomics Landscape
In the March 3, 2022 edition of The Genomics Landscape, NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., highlights the new fact sheets produced by the institute's Communications and Public Liaison Branch.
… to serve as the Acting Science Advisor to President Biden and Acting Co-Chair of the President’s Council of Advisors on … (NASEM) study that will provide guidance on the use of race, ethnicity, and genetic ancestry in genomics research. The …
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The Inter-Society Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics (ISCC-PEG) will hold its 11th annual meeting online on February 16, 2022.
… S.L. & Woolford, S. Physicians’ knowledge, beliefs, and use of race and human genetic variation: new measures and insights … WJ, Lu Z, Brody LC, Bonham VL. Evolving use of ancestry, ethnicity, and race in genetics research-A survey spanning …
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NHGRI and NICHD program staff will hold a pre-application interactive Q&A webinar for the Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression Project funding opportunities and answer questions from prospective applicants.
… R01 (or other grants) once these projects are established and generating data? We do anticipate R01 additional analyses … be an effort to specifically span genders and diversity of race/ethnic groups in the pediatric collections? The NIH is … in there being a representation of different genders and race/ethnic groups in the study, though NIH program staff …
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On November 18, 2021, NHGRI will host an NIH Genomics and Health Disparities Special Interest Group lecture, "NIH Approach to Inclusive Excellence - The COSWD Viewpoint" by Marie A. Bernard, M.D.
… of talent is accessed to promote scientific creativity and innovation, both intramurally and extramurally. Dr. … individuals in clinical studies, including by sex/gender, race/ethnicity, and inclusion of children and older adults. She …
News Release
NIH-funded research highlights need for diversity in study populations, creates a comprehensive genomic toolkit for scientists
… such as blood pressure, type II diabetes, cigarette use and chronic kidney disease in diverse populations. The team … non-European populations in studies is important because ethnicity may partly explain the differences in vulnerability … but also to understand how such associations differ across race and ethnicity. In turn, this improved understanding can …
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We invite scholars to submit ideas to be one of six to seven speakers at our symposium, “Irreducible Subjects: Disability and Genomics in the Past, Present, and Future”, with an additional opportunity to join a collected set of papers on the same theme.
… May 18, 2022 The National Human Genome Research Institute and the University at Buffalo Center for Disability Studies … to contribute towards the defense of the nation and the ‘race.’ Since the 18th century, scientific racism has … and the ideas, ideologies, and lived experiences of race, ethnicity, and ancestry; disability, genetics, genomics and …
Staff
Dr. Charles Rotimi is the scientific director of and NIH Distinguished Investigator in the Division of Intramural Research. He also serves as the director of the Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH).
… care administration. He obtained a second master's degree and a doctorate in epidemiology from the University of … funding to study physicians' assumptions on genetics and race/ethnicity in the treatment of hypertensive AA on Medicare. …
Research at NHGRI
CRGGH facilitates understanding of the relationship between genetic variation and population differences in disease distribution to inform health disparities.
… The Center for Research on Genomics and Global Health (CRGGH) facilitates a global understanding … of the relationship between human genetic variation and population differences in disease distribution, with the … emphasis of our ancestry and to remind us that the human race has a common beginning. The extended strand of the DNA …
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On October 25-29, 2022, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) will participate in the ASHG Annual Meeting - the world's largest human genetics and genomics meeting and exposition.
… into the biological mechanisms underlying gene-by-smoking and gene-by-alcohol consumption interactions Prog Nbr 298 Amy … p.m. Reviewer's Choice/ Complex Traits Quantification of race, ethnicity, and genetic ancestry disparities in …
News Release
Four NHGRI researchers share the steps toward a career in genomics with 60 Brooklyn-area high school students.
… Findley's high school biology teacher made science fun and interesting, inspiring her to pursue a career in science. … and Community Involvement Branch, NHGRI, who studies how race and ethnicity affect genomics research. He talked about the …