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 ...
October 6-7, 2022 | 10 a.m.-5 p.m. | Virtual The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the University at Buffalo Center for Disability Studies will hold a two-day symposium entitled, “Irreducible Subjects: Disability and Genomics in the Past, Present and Future." The symposium will address historical and present-day constructions of disability and ableism, with […]
Thursday, October 6 | 11 am-12 pm ET This seminar will review our emerging knowledge of the role of host genomic factors in the susceptibility and outcomes of COVID-19 infection, response to vaccines and treatments as well as long-term sequels of the disease. Speakers Jean-Laurent Casanova, M.D., Ph.D. and Jacques Fellay, M.D., Ph.D. will discuss […]
Thursday, October 6, 2022 | 2-3 p.m. ET | Virtual & In Person (Bethesda, MD) 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 […]
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 | 10:30 am - 6 pm ET | Virtual A planning committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and conduct a public workshop to examine how genomic data are used in health care settings and to identify opportunities for advancement of precision health care delivery. The […]
October 25-29 | Los Angeles, CA ASHG 2022 will take place October 25-29 in Los Angeles. The meeting provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge science in all areas of human genetics. ASHG members and leading scientists from around the world are selected to present their research findings at invited, plenary, platform, […]
Monday, October 31 | 12-1 pm ET | Virtual Virtual seminar: Race, Society, and Genetics Speaker: Marwa Elnagheeb, MPH, Senior Coordinator, Clinical Genome Resource, UNC Chapel Hill Seminar abstract: Interactions between race, society, and genetics have played a major role in health disparities and inequities across the world. This presentation examines the history and definition […]
Explore the Exposome: The Next Frontier of Individualizing Medicine November 2-3, 2022 | Rochester, MN & Virtual When genomics alone cannot explain a disease, we enter the world of the exposome for insight. Attendees discover ways to innovate and advance care through genomics and emerging exposome science. Expert speakers from around the world and Mayo […]
Thursday, November 3 | 2-3 p.m. ET | Virtual In this seminar titled "Ancestry and diseases in Latin American populations," Dr. Eduardo Tarazona-Santos will discuss his work using genomics, bioinformatics and public health in global precision medicine. Learn more and register on the NHGRI website. Speaker: Eduardo Tarazona-Santos, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Genetics, Ecology and […]
Monday, November 7 | 10 am-12 pm | Virtual Join the UNC Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care (PPMH) for Biomedical Imaging for Precision Diagnosis, Prognosis, and Therapy, a free virtual mini-symposium. Precision medicine harnesses genomic sequence data to provide prediction of disease risk and choice of optimum treatment. Biomedical imaging is an integral […]
Monday, November 7 | 3-4 p.m. ET | Virtual As part of the NHGRI's Genomics and Health Disparities Lecture Series, Dr. Kullo will discuss his research on the genetic basis of lipid disorders and the future of genomic medicine in his talk, "Working Towards Equity in Genomic Medicine: A Clinician-Investigator's Perspective." Learn more and register […]
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