The National Institutes of Health's National Genome Research Institute has awarded a dozen grants to various organizations in the interest of advancing research that focuses on incorporating DNA sequence information into EHRs.
The grants focus on moving the current state of genomics research closer to clinical application by aiming to identify the medical benefits of differences in DNA codes.
"The newly funded projects are focused on discovering genes and gene variants with clinical implications by using the latest sequencing technologies to examine rare and common variants suspected to relate to disease risk and treatment effects," Rongling Li, MD, PhD, program director for eMERGE in the Division of Genomic Medicine at NHGRI, said in a statement. "The other important component of these grants is implementing what researchers learn about these gene variants into medical settings to improve patient care."
Awardees include:
• Brigham and Women's Hospital (Boston).
• Group Health Research Institute/University of Washington (Seattle).
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (Nashville)
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minn.).
• Geisinger Health System (Danville, Pa.).
• Columbia University (New York City).
• Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
• Northwestern University (Chicago).