About Us
The Northwest Institute of Genetic Medicine is a collaboration of Institutions funded by the Washington State Life Sciences Discovery Fund, UWMC, and Seattle Children´s Hospital, which includes Group Health, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute, and biotechnology. The goal of the Northwest Institute of Genetic Medicine is to support translational genetic research by improving access of clinical investigators to cutting edge human subject support, informatics and phenotype definition, genomic technologies, and innovative genetic analyses. This will include a pilot biorepository of Group Health subjects with deep phenotyping accessible via their long-term electronic medical records. We will also study the outcomes of utilizing genetic information in the clinic.
Support of translational genetic studies will improve competitiveness for federal grant funding of academic research which should lead to improved personalized medical care, prevention strategies, and improved health care outcomes at lower cost. This will also put Washington State at the forefront of biomedical research in public and private sectors, stimulating economic growth.
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2012 NWIGM Retreat
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Next-Gen 101: Whole-Exome Sequencing
NHGRI's Intramural Research Program recently held a tutorial-oriented course at NIH entitled "Next-Gen 101: Whole-Exome Sequencing."
The course was recorded, the archive of which is available here : http://www.genome.gov/27545880
2011 RFA's
2011 NWIGM RFA Application Information
2011 NWIGM Resource Grant Access Application
Events
Medical Genetics Events:
All seminars are held Fridays 12:30-1:30pm in K069
January 6th 2012
Faculty meeting/No Seminar
January 13th 2012
"Genetic Variation in the Human Transcriptome"
Vivian G. Cheung, MD
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Professor, Departments of Genetics and Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania
January 20th 2012
Su-In Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor, Genome Sciences and Computer Science & Engineering
January 27th 2012
Wylie Burke, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Bioethics and Humanities
Malia Fullerton, PhD
Associate Professor, Bioethics and Humanities
Kelly Edwards, PhD
Associate Professor, Bioethics and Humanities
Genome Sciences Events:
January 4 - Dr. Carolyn Brown
University of British Columbia
January 11 - Dr. Christina Smolke
Stanford University
sponsored jointly with WiGS
January 18 - Dr. Fyodor Urnov
Sangamo Biosciences
invited by graduate students
January 25 - Dr. Susan Biggins
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Institute of Translational Health Sciences
January 5th
"Dept. of Health Services and ITHS Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds - The Prostate Cancer Screening Controversy"
ITHS Education - Seminars, training, and short courses
January 5th
CDS: Tips for Successful Pilot Grant Applications
Career Development Series
January 6th
CRES: Recruitment Strategies: Adults in Behavioral Studies
Clinical Research Education Series (CRES)
January 10th
A Short Course on DNA Analysis Technologies
ITHS Education - Seminars, training, and short courses
