NACHGR Director's Report (September 2020)
Channel: National Human Genome Research Institute
Date: 2020-09-17

NHGRI Director, Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. delivers his September 2020 Director's Report to the National Advisory Council for Human Genome Research.

Director's Report-Related Documents: https://www.genome.gov/event-calendar/91st-Meeting-of-National-Advisory-Council-for-Human-Genome-Research/Directors-Report

September 2020 NACHGR Open Session: https://www.genome.gov/event-calendar/91st-Meeting-of-National-Advisory-Council-for-Human-Genome-Research

General NHGRI Updates
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00:00 - Start
03:21 - New Deputy Director, NHGRI Division of Genomic Medicine, Erin Ramos
04:32 - New Extramural Program Director, Rene Sterling
05:29 - New ASHG-NHGRI Fellows, Emma Alme and Tiffany Rolle 
06:22 - 30th Anniversary of Human Genome Project Launch
07:40 - 2020 NHGRI Strategic Vision

General NIH Updates
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09:32 - Rick Woychik, New NIEHS Director 
10:30 - Shannon Zenk, New NINR Director 
11:09 - Michael Chiang, New NEI Director 
11:51 - Lindsey Criswell, New NIAMS Director
12:36 - Rena D'Souza, New NIDCR Director
13:20 - Hannah Valantine, Departing Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity
14:23 - Marie Bernard, Acting Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity
14:38 - AACR 2020 Team Science Award to TCGA
15:48 - Templeton Prize 2020 
16:20 - NIH COVID-19 Information Resources 
16:57 - Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations 

General Genomics Updates
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19:07 - Mourning the Loss of Beverly Paigen
19:45 - ASHG Podcast Series: Genetically Speaking
20:43 - Next Steps for Functional Genomics NASEM Report
21:07 - Heritable Human Genome Editing Report
21:54 - FNIH Lurie Prize in Biomedical Sciences 2020 Winner, Aviv Regev
22:22 - 20th Anniversary of White House Event Announcing Draft Human Genome Sequence

NHGRI Extramural Research Program
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23:14 - Technology Development Program
24:40 - ENCyclopedia Of DNA Elements (ENCODE)
26:53 - Impact of Genomic Variation on Function (IGVF) Program
28:30 - Centers of Excellence in Genomic Science (CEGS)
29:55 - Developmental Genotype-Tissue Expression (dGTEx)
31:22 - NHGRI Analysis, Visualization, and Informatics Lab-space (AnVIL)
32:47 - Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) Catalog
34:20 - Phenotypes and Exposures (PhenX) Toolkit
35:44 - Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE)
37:05 - Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen)
39:04 - Implementing Genomics in Practice (IGNITE)
40:24 - Advancing Genomic Medicine Research and Genetic Counseling Research
41:26 - ELSI Research Program
42:52 - Training and Career Development
43:52 - 2020 Genomic Innovator Awards

NHGRI Common Fund/Trans-NIH
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44:53 - Library of Integrated Network-based Cellular Signatures (LINCS)
45:44 - Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa)
46:40 - Human Biomolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP)
48:15 - Faculty Institutional Recruitment for Sustainable Transformation (FIRST) Program
49:38 - All of Us Research Program

NHGRI Communications, Policy, and Education
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52:16 - NHGRI Postdoctoral Fellowship in History of Genomics
52:51 - 2020 Short Course in Genomics
53:50 - Summer Virtual Engagement

NHGRI Intramural Research Program
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54:48 - NHGRI Researchers Generate First Gapless Sequence of Human X Chromosome
56:01 - New President-Elect, American Society of Human Genetics

NHGRI Director
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56:28 - NHGRI Director on Twitter
56:41 - The Genomics Landscape: A Monthly Newsletter from the NHGRI Director
56:58 - Thanks