Epidemiology & Genomics Research Program

NCI Seeks Associate Director, Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program

Applications will be accepted until March 31, 2023, from innovative leaders interested in serving as the Associate Director of the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program (EGRP) in NCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences.

Open Fellowship Opportunities

Please share our fellowship opportunities for training in clinical epidemiology; genetic epidemiology; diet, physical activity, and/or sleep assessment, and communication.

NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing Effective on January 25, 2023

On January 25, 2023, the Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing (DMS) came into effect for any NIH-funded research that will generate scientific data, regardless of the research grant budget size. EGRP has compiled information from NIH on preparing Data Management and Sharing (DMS) plans, research subject to both the NIH Genomic Data Sharing Policy and the new DMS Policy, and requesting and justifying costs for DMS.

SeqSPACE Webinar Series Adds Five New Events

Registration is now open for five new Sequencing Strategies for Population and Cancer Epidemiology Studies (SeqSPACE) webinars. Topics include partnering with patients to define the landscape of rare and aggressive sarcomas, data resources for clinical variant interpretation, incorporating common and rare genetic variants into polygenic risk scores of prostate cancer across diverse populations, the human pangenome reference, and prioritizing disease-critical variants, genes, and cell types using genetic and genomic data.