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Genetics Pioneer and Former NHGRI Advisor Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Barack Obama has presented Janet Davison Rowley, M.D., a pioneering cancer genetics researcher and longtime advisor to the National Human Genome Research Institute, a 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom. Dr. Rowley and 15 others received the honor at a White House ceremony on August 12.
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About Dr. Rowley
The White House Announcement
Video: Dr. Rowley's Research, White House Honor
Senate Unanimously Confirms Francis S. Collins As Next NIH Director
On August 7, the U.S. Senate confirmed that former NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., will be the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). President Barack Obama announced the nomination of Dr. Collins on July 8th. Dr. Collins, a physician and geneticist who led NHGRI from 1993 to 2008, managed the NIH component of the international Human Genome Project.
Read the Statement from HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius
Read Dr. Collins' Biography
Read the White House Statement
See Photos of Dr. Collins
Online GWAS Catalog Helps Guide Disease Research
Thanks to the efforts of a dedicated team of National Human Genome Research Institute scientists, researchers now have an online resource that can make hunting for published genome-wide association studies a bit less daunting. Read more
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The National Human Genome Research Institute led the Human Genome Project for the National Institutes of Health, which culminated in the completion of the full human genome sequence in April 2003. Now, NHGRI moves forward into the genomic era with research aimed at improving human health and fighting disease.
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