# Eric Green on Reddit (u/Eric_Green)

Part of Scientists on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/scientists-on-reddit/eric-green

Eric Green: Physician and director of the NHGRI.

- Reddit account: [u/Eric_Green](https://www.reddit.com/user/Eric_Green/) (AMA only)
- How we know it's theirs: [The 2016 r/science AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4fskty/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/science (15)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2016 to 2016
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_D._Green

## Moments

### u/Eric_Green in r/science, Apr 21, 2016 · Personal story

Replying to a redditor:

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

> 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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Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/4fskty/comment/d2bxnnw/ · 14 points as of Nov 7, 2026