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/PRNewswire/ -- The Prix Galien USA Committee last night honored excellence in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device and digital health industry...
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, will end the longest tenure of any NIH director—12 years straddling the administrations of three U.S. presidents—when he steps down from the agency’s helm at year’s end.
Dr. Trevor Bedford was selected as a recipient of the 2021 MacArthur Fellowship. Also known as the MacArthur “genius grant,” the honor is awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and provides $625,000 in “no-strings-attached” funding over five years to allow recipients to pursue creative, intellectual and professional endeavors.
The UConn Center on Aging has won a prestigious NIH grant to support its center aimed at helping older adults stay independent.
NHGRI Takes New, WGS Look at Mendelian Diseases July 27, 2021 By Allison Proffitt July 27, 2021 | The National Institutes of Health has made a five-year, nearly $80 million commitment to the establishment of a Mendelian Genomics Research Consortium of five clinical laboratories and one data coordinating center. The Consortium will build on previous National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) work to develop new methods for identifying the genetic causes of single-gene diseases. The clinical centers will be run by Stephen B. Montgomery, Ph.D., at Stanford University...