About the NHGRI Summer Workshop in Genomics

The NHGRI Summer Workshop in Genomics is offered by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

This intensive, six-day course is designed to update biology instructors, as well as other instructors and researchers in related disciplines, on genomic science. The course focuses on the continuing effort to find the genetic basis of various diseases and disorders, and current topics on the ethical, legal and social implications of genomics. This course is especially intended for college and university faculty seeking to update their curriculum or to develop new courses related to genetics.

Short Course speakers consist of leading NIH genomic researchers. The course features extended tours of working laboratories at the NIH, structured lectures, and highly interactive sessions.

A Sample of Course Content: The 2012 Short Course Agenda

• 2012 Short Course Agenda

Nursing Faculty

This year, nursing faculty will have the opportunity to join other science faculty and graduate students to attend seminars presented by leading NHGRI research investigators and educators. Additional seminars will be tailored to provide updates on the latest advances in genomics research with potential strategies for nursing education. For more details about the opportunity for nursing faculty go to:

• Advances in Genomics Research Summer Program for Nursing Faculty
  
  

The application period is now closed.

For more information about the nursing faculty opportunity:

Jean Jenkins, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN
Genomic Healthcare Branch
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive
Building 31, Room B1B55
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-496-4601
Fax: 301-402-0837
E-mail: mailto:jean.jenkins@nih.gov

Room and Board

Room and board are paid by NHGRI; participant schools pay travel costs for faculty participants, both to and from the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Eligibility

This course is designed to update instructors who train students from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in health related sciences and instructors from institutions that predominantly train students with disabilities and students from disadvantaged backgrounds including certain rural and inner-city environments.

Faculty at colleges and universities that train students predominantly from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown by the National Science Foundation to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis (See Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering) and institutions that train students from a social, cultural, or educational environment such as that found in certain rural or inner-city environments that have demonstrably and recently directly inhibited the individual from obtaining the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to develop and participate in a research career will be considered. Faculty from institutions that train predominantly students with disabilities, which are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities are invited to apply as well.

Institutions that train largely students from disadvantaged backgrounds are defined as: Students who come from a family with an annual income below established low-income thresholds. These thresholds are based on family size; published by the U.S. Bureau of the Census; adjusted annually for changes in the Consumer Price Index; and adjusted by the Secretary for use in all health professions programs. The Secretary periodically publishes these income levels in Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement.

How to Apply

The Summer Workshop in Genomics application period is closed.

For more information

Carla L. Easter, Ph.D.
Deputy Chief, Education and Community Involvement Branch
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive
Building 31, Room B1B55
Bethesda, MD 20892

Phone: (301) 594-1364
Fax: (301) 480-5008
E-mail: easterc@mail.nih.gov

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Last Updated: August 14, 2012