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Eric Green

Physician and director of the NHGRI

u/Eric_Green ↗AMA only

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The 2016 r/science AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 1 post and 14 comments from u/Eric_Green, all from 2016, most often in r/science.

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A redditor wrote in r/science

On “Science AMA Series: Hi Reddit! I'm Eric Green, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). I'm excited to talk about the Human Genome Project, and Genomic Medicine. Ask Me Anything!”

What are the biggest challenges you have faced on your line of work, and how did you overcome them?

u/Eric_Green replied

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The word ‘genomics’ was not coined until around 1987-- and the field of genomics did not exist until then. Meanwhile, I graduated medical school and graduate school in 1987, which means that I never once heard the word ‘genomics’ at any time during my formal education. Yet here I am leading the largest organization in the world dedicated to genomics research! This means that I had to learn everything I know today about genomics AFTER all my formal education was over.

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