A new manuscript from the IGNITE Pragmatic Trials Network has been published in JAMA Network Open, describing the primary results of the GUARDD-US study. GUARDD-US is a randomized controlled trial examining the impact of returning APOL1 genetic risk results to ...
Monday, November 14 | 2-3:30 pm ET | Virtual Family health history is a risk factor for many common chronic diseases, such as cancer and heart disease. Knowing a patient’s family health history can aid in earlier diagnoses of genetic conditions, refine disease risk assessments, inform timing and type of preventive interventions, and motivate behavior […]
Tuesday, November 29-Friday, December 2 | 8-11:30 am ET | Virtual The theme of this year’s summit is: The Journey to Globally Accelerate Science, Diversity, and Global Health in Longitudinal Populations Studies Registration is required for this free event. Learn more and sign up on the IHCC website.
Friday, December 9 | 12-1 p.m. ET | Virtual Anya Prince, JD and Jean Cadigan, PhD will give a talk "Beyond the Medical: Genetic Testing for Social Traits." In traditional predictive genetic testing, single gene variants are analyzed to determine whether individuals are at high risk of developing disease. The vast majority of diseases, however, […]
Through a combination of plenaries, breakout, and poster sessions, the Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health, co-hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and AcademyHealth, supports the collective understanding of the research agenda, addresses the challenges facing D&I science, presents research findings, and identifies the next set of research […]
Thursday, December 15 | 9 a.m. ET | Virtual This webinar will be presented by Dr. Peter Würtz and Dr. Jeffrey Barrett. The title of their talk is "Nightingale Biomarker Profiling Across Large Biobanks – From Molecular Insights to Advancing Preventative Health Screening." To learn more about the guest speakers and webinar, please visit the […]
Friday, December 16 | 1-2 pm ET (12-1 pm CT) | Virtual The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy invites all actively practicing clinicians to join their Pharmacogenomics (PGx) ECHO project. PGx ECHO aims to improve health professionals' confidence in using PGx in patient care by providing case-based education and consultation through telementoring. Every month, […]
Thursday, January 5 | 2-3 p.m. ET | Virtual and In-Person The Division of Intramural Research (DIR) sponsors a monthly series of talks by intramural and special guest speakers celebrating genetics and genomics research. Speakers are selected by NHGRI intramural faculty and trainees and cover research topics of interest to a wide audience. On January […]
Thursday, January 12 | 12-1 p.m. ET | Virtual The Duke Precision Medicine Program Forum Series features speakers from Duke and beyond working on innovative research in clinical, translational, and basic sciences. Sara Imhof, PhD Senior Director, Precision Health North Carolina Biotechnology Center Title: NC Leadership in Precision Health: Highlights in and around RTP Learn […]
Friday, January 20 | 1-2 pm ET (12-1 pm CT) | Virtual The University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy invites all actively practicing clinicians to join their Pharmacogenomics (PGx) ECHO project. PGx ECHO aims to improve health professionals' confidence in using PGx in patient care by providing case-based education and consultation through telementoring. Every month, […]
Tuesday, January 24 | 12-1 pm ET | Virtual DCRI Research Forum: Unlocking the Promise of Gene Therapy Peter Marks, MD, PhD Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research U.S. Food and Drug Administration Register for the DCRI Research Forum
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