NEWSLETTER

January 2025

Professional Development Opportunity

NHGRI's Short Course in Genomics Applications Open, Apply NOW! 


NHGRI's Annual Short Course in Genomics is accepting applications from high school teachers and community college faculty teaching science, technology, engineering, math, and medicine (STEMM) courses.


This free course will be held in-person from July 28-August 1, 2025 on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD.


The application closes on April 7, 2025  

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High School Students Communicating Science

Genomics: Insight articles are written by high school students to develop their communication skills by highlighting the latest in genomics research. 


Learn about the social determinants of health impacting Hispanic/Latina women in research by reading “The Effects of Social Determinants of Health on The Representation of Hispanic/Latina Women in Cancer Genomic Databases and Breast Cancer Outcomes” 

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Interested in learning about AI’s impact on pneumonia? 


Read “Pneumonia biology through the lens of machine learning and AI: current trends and challenges” 

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Join the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) Meeting in Philadelphia in March!

Want an interesting and interactive session to attend at NSTA? NHGRI will be hosting the hands-on workshop about Henrietta Lacks and her immortal cells.


Title: Henrietta Lacks: Cancer Treatments from Henrietta Lacks to Today

Date: Thursday, March 27

Time: 3:40pm-4:40pm

Location: Grand Ballroom Salon E, Pennsylvania Convention Center

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Word of the Month

from NHGRI's Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms

RACE

Race is a social construct used to group people. Race was constructed as a hierarchal human-grouping system, generating racial classifications to identify, distinguish and marginalize some groups across nations, regions and the world.  


Listen in to learn about how the social construct of race varies across time, place and context. 

Race


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