About us
Learn how GA4GH helps expand responsible genomic data use to benefit human health.
Leadership
The GA4GH Council, consisting of the Executive Committee, Strategic Leadership Committee, and Product Steering Committee, guides our collaborative, globe-spanning alliance. Apply for open leadership opportunities.
Executive team
GA4GH is overseen by an Executive Committee — drawn from the management committee of the GA4GH Inc. Board — that chairs the Product Steering Committee. Leaders from GA4GH staff round out the executive team.
Heidi Rehm
Massachusetts General Hospital | Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardChair | Board of Directors | Clinical Genomics Laboratory Community
Driver Project Champion for: Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) | Matchmaker Exchange
Community lead for: Clinical Genomics Laboratory Community
Kathryn North
Murdoch Children's Research Institute | Australian GenomicsVice-Chair | Board of Directors | NIF Leadership
Driver Project Champion for: International Precision Child Health Partnership (IPCHiP)
Nicola Mulder
University of Cape TownVice-Chair | Board of Directors
Driver Project Champion for: Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa)
Peter Goodhand
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)Chief Executive Officer | Staff | Board of Directors | President, GA4GH Inc.
Angela Page
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardDirector of Strategy and Engagement | Staff | Technical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC) | Secretary, GA4GH Inc.
Strategic Leadership Committee
The Strategic Leadership Committee (SLC) works closely with the Executive Leadership Committee and Product Steering Committee to guide and implement the GA4GH Strategic Road Map to advance responsible use of genomic and related health data. Selected through an open nomination process, SLC members have substantial and long-standing experience working both within GA4GH and in related fields. The SLC also includes representatives from each of GA4GH’s Host Institutions.
Michael Baudis
University of ZurichTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Driver Project Champion for: Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN)
Product lead for: Beacon
Mélanie Courtot
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)EDI Advisory Board
Driver Project Champion for: ICGC ARGO | Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL)
Product lead for: Data Use Ontology (DUO)
Mallory Freeberg
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)GA4GH Implementation Forum (GIF) | GIF Leadership | Technical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Driver Project Champion for: European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA)
Yann Joly
Centre of Genomics and PolicyEDI Advisory Board
Driver Project Champion for: EpiShare | Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL)
Product lead for: Clinical Data Sharing | Data Visiting | Genetic Discrimination: Implications for Data Sharing Projects (GEDI) | Position Statement on Genetic Discrimination
Andy Yates
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)EDI Advisory Board | TASC Leadership
Strategic Partner Champion for: Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)
Product lead for: refget Sequence Collections | refget Sequences
Ma'n Zawati
Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Institute of Genomic Medicine at McGill UniversityWork Stream lead for: Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Product lead for: Generative AI for Genomic Data Sharing
Product Steering Committee
The Product Steering Committee consists of Work Stream Leads, Driver Project Champions, and Strategic Partner Champions. All leaders in their fields, Product Steering Committee members reflect the diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and geography of the GA4GH community.
Larry Babb
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardAssigned Expert | Technical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Driver Project Champion for: Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen)
Work Stream lead for: Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Product lead for: Variation Representation Specification (VRS)
Charlie Barclay
Simon Fraser UniversityInfectious Disease Community
Community lead for: Infectious Disease Community
Sergi Beltran
CNAG CRGDriver Project Champion for: European Joint Programme on Rare Disease (EJP RD)
Benjamin Berk
Care EvolutionTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Work Stream lead for: Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Product lead for: Pedigree
Ravi Bhargava
F. Hoffmann-La RocheDriver Project Champion for: Immunotherapy Centers of Research Excellence (imCORE®)
Laura Biven
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Driver Project Champion for: NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability (NCPI) effort
Guillaume Bourque
McGill University / Université McGillDriver Project Champion for: Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG) | EpiShare | Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL)
Anthony Brookes
University of LeicesterDriver Project Champion for: European Joint Programme on Rare Disease (EJP RD)
Product lead for: Beacon
Michael Brudno
University Health NetworkDriver Project Champion for: Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG)
Matt Brush
Oregon Health & Science UniversityDriver Project Champion for: Monarch Initiative
Product lead for: Variant Annotation (VA)
David Bujold
McGill University / Université McGillTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Driver Project Champion for: EpiShare | Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL)
Work Stream lead for: Discovery Work Stream
Product lead for: Experiments Metadata Checklist (Expmeta)
Regina Bures
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Driver Project Champion for: NHLBI BioData Catalyst® (BDC)
Salvador Capella-Gutierrez
Barcelona Supercomputing CenterCancer Community
Driver Project Champion for: EOSC4Cancer: A European-wide foundation to accelerate data-driven cancer research
Community lead for: Cancer Community
Samantha Chill
DeloitteInfectious Disease Community
Community lead for: Infectious Disease Community
Melissa Cline
University of California, Santa CruzTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Driver Project Champion for: BRCA Challenge
Work Stream lead for: Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Tom Conner
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardStaff | Technical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Work Stream lead for: Data Security Work Stream
Product lead for: Data Passports
Katrin Crameri
SIB Swiss Institute of BioinformaticsLeadership Emeritus
Driver Project Champion for: Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN)
Karen Cranston
University Health Network | Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG)Driver Project Champion for: Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG) | Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL)
Heather Creasy
National Cancer Institute Cancer Research Data Commons (NCI CRDC)Assigned Expert
Driver Project Champion for: National Cancer Institute Cancer Research Data Commons (NCI CRDC)
Miro Cupak
VerilyTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Work Stream lead for: Discovery Work Stream
Product lead for: Data Connect | Service Info | Service Registry
Tanja Davidsen
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Driver Project Champion for: NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability (NCPI) effort
Jaime Delgado
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)Technical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Work Stream lead for: Data Security Work Stream
Valentina Di Francesco
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Driver Project Champion for: NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability (NCPI) effort
Michael Duyzend
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardDriver Project Champion for: Repository of the International Fetal Genomics Consortium (RIFGC)
Marc Fiume
DNAstackTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Driver Project Champion for: Autism Sharing Initiative
Work Stream lead for: Artificial Intelligence Work Stream (AIWS)
Product lead for: Generative AI for Genomic Data Sharing
Magnus Fontes
Institut RocheDriver Project Champion for: Immunotherapy Centers of Research Excellence (imCORE®)
Marcia Fournier
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Driver Project Champion for: NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability (NCPI) effort
Toyofumi Fujiwara
Database Center for Life Science, Research Organization of Information and SystemsRare Disease Community
Community lead for: Rare Disease Community
Weiniu Gan
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)Core Funders Forum | Leadership Emeritus
Driver Project Champion for: Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed)
Jessica Giordano
Columbia University Irving Medical CenterDriver Project Champion for: Repository of the International Fetal Genomics Consortium (RIFGC)
Obi Griffith
The Genome Institute at Washington University | Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)Driver Project Champion for: Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)
Malachi Griffith
The Genome Institute at Washington University | Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)Driver Project Champion for: Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)
Robert Grossman
University of ChicagoDriver Project Champion for: Biomedical Research Hub (BRH) | National Cancer Institute Cancer Research Data Commons (NCI CRDC) | National Cancer Institute Genomic Data Commons (NCI GDC)
Jaime Guidry Auvil
NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)Technical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Work Stream lead for: Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
Benjamin Haibe-Kains
University of TorontoCancer Community
Driver Project Champion for: Immunotherapy Centers of Research Excellence (imCORE®)
Community lead for: Cancer Community
Ada Hamosh
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineRare Disease Community
Driver Project Champion for: Matchmaker Exchange
Community lead for: Rare Disease Community
Hillary Hanahoe
Research Data Alliance (RDA)Strategic Partner Champion for: Research Data Alliance (RDA)
Emily Jefferson
Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)Strategic Partner Champion for: Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)
Steven Jones
Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences CentreDriver Project Champion for: Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG)
Alexander Kanitz
University of BaselTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Driver Project Champion for: ELIXIR Cloud and AAI
Masato Kasuga
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)Leadership Emeritus
Driver Project Champion for: GEnome Medical alliance Japan (GEM Japan)
Nishan Katuwal
Dhulikhel Hospital Kathmandu University HospitalInfectious Disease Community
Community lead for: Infectious Disease Community
Kenjiro Kosaki
Keio UniversityLeadership Emeritus
Driver Project Champion for: GEnome Medical alliance Japan (GEM Japan)
Martin Kuba
Masaryk University | ELIXIR Cloud and AAIDriver Project Champion for: ELIXIR Cloud and AAI
Product lead for: Authorisation and Authentication Infrastructure (AAI) | Passports
Sweta Ladwa
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Driver Project Champion for: NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability (NCPI) effort
Jonathan Lawson
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Driver Project Champion for: Human Cell Atlas
Work Stream lead for: Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
Product lead for: Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit | Data Passports | Data Use Ontology (DUO) | Ethical Provenance Toolkit
Heather Lawson
The Genome Institute at Washington UniversityDriver Project Champion for: Human Pangenome Project (HPP)
Jordan Lerner-Ellis
Mount Sinai HospitalClinical Genomics Laboratory Community
Community lead for: Clinical Genomics Laboratory Community
Michael Lukowski
University of ChicagoDriver Project Champion for: Biomedical Research Hub (BRH) | National Cancer Institute Genomic Data Commons (NCI GDC)
Product lead for: Data Repository Service (DRS)
Cameron MacPherson
Immunotherapy Centers of Research Excellence (imCORE®)Driver Project Champion for: Immunotherapy Centers of Research Excellence (imCORE®)
Venkat Malladi
VerilyTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Work Stream lead for: Federated Analysis Work Stream (formerly Cloud Work Stream)
Product lead for: Task Execution Service (TES)
Christian Marshall
The Hospital for Sick ChildrenDriver Project Champion for: International Precision Child Health Partnership (IPCHiP)
Mogomotsi Matshaba
Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of ExcellenceDriver Project Champion for: Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa)
Mamana Mbiyavanga
University of Cape TownTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC) | TASC Leadership
Jorge Melendez-Zajgla
Instituto Nacional de Medicina GenómicaEDI Advisory Board
Strategic Partner Champion for: National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN)
Karen Miga
University of California, Santa CruzDriver Project Champion for: Human Pangenome Project (HPP)
Monica Munoz-Torres
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Work Stream lead for: Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Product lead for: Phenopackets
Hidewaki Nakagawa
RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical SciencesBoard of Directors | Leadership Emeritus
Driver Project Champion for: GEnome Medical alliance Japan (GEM Japan)
Tommi Nyrönen
CSC – IT CENTER FOR SCIENCEDriver Project Champion for: European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI)
Brian O’Connor
Nimbus InformaticsGIF Leadership | Technical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Work Stream lead for: Federated Analysis Work Stream (formerly Cloud Work Stream)
Product lead for: Data Repository Service (DRS)
Sabine Oesterle
SIB Swiss Institute of BioinformaticsLeadership Emeritus
Driver Project Champion for: Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN)
Zinaida Perova
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)Cancer Community
Community lead for: Cancer Community
Bernie Pope
The University of Melbourne | Australian BioCommonsCancer Community
Community lead for: Cancer Community
Vasiliki Rahimzadeh
Baylor College of MedicineWork Stream lead for: Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Product lead for: Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit | Ethical Provenance Toolkit
Jordi Rambla
Centre for Genomic RegulationDriver Project Champion for: ELIXIR Beacon | European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA)
Product lead for: Beacon
Peter Robinson
The Jackson LaboratoryDriver Project Champion for: Repository of the International Fetal Genomics Consortium (RIFGC)
Product lead for: Phenopackets
Steve Scherer
The Hospital for Sick ChildrenDriver Project Champion for: International Precision Child Health Partnership (IPCHiP)
Kelly Shen
Simon Fraser UniversityNeuroscience Community
Community lead for: Neuroscience Community
Lindsay Smith
The Hospital for Sick ChildrenDriver Project Champion for: International Precision Child Health Partnership (IPCHiP)
Albert Smith
University of MichiganLeadership Emeritus
Driver Project Champion for: Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed)
Product lead for: Genetic Variation Formats (VCF)
Nara Sobreira
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Work Stream lead for: Discovery Work Stream
Dylan Spalding
CSC – IT CENTER FOR SCIENCEDriver Project Champion for: European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI)
Amanda Spurdle
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research InstituteLeadership Emeritus
Driver Project Champion for: BRCA Challenge
Lincoln Stein
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) | ICGC ARGODriver Project Champion for: ICGC ARGO
Juha Törnroos
ELIXIR Beacon | CSC – IT CENTER FOR SCIENCEDriver Project Champion for: ELIXIR Beacon
Alfonso Valencia
Barcelona Supercomputing CenterLeadership Emeritus
Driver Project Champion for: EOSC4Cancer: A European-wide foundation to accelerate data-driven cancer research | EUCANCan
Susheel Varma
Information Commissioner's OfficeTechnical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Work Stream lead for: Artificial Intelligence Work Stream (AIWS)
Nicole Vasilevsky
Critical Path InstituteRare Disease Community
Community lead for: Rare Disease Community
Alex Wagner
Nationwide Children’s Hospital | Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)Assigned Expert | Technical Alignment Sub-Committee (TASC)
Driver Project Champion for: Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)
Work Stream lead for: Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Product lead for: Variation Representation Specification (VRS)
Ronald Wapner
Columbia University Irving Medical CenterDriver Project Champion for: Repository of the International Fetal Genomics Consortium (RIFGC)
Emeritus
The following individuals previously served on the GA4GH leadership:
Susan Fairley; David Altshuler; Dixie Baker; Francis Collins; Katrin Crameri; Susan Desmond-Hellmann; Richard Durbin; Jeremy Farrar; Weiniu Gan; David Hansen; David Haussler; Jean-Pierre Hubaux; Thomas Hudson; Masato Kasuga; Kenjiro Kosaki; Eric Lander; Hidewaki Nakagawa; Sabine Oesterle; Laura Paglione; Charles Sawyers; Albert Smith; Amanda Spurdle; Michael Stratton; Alfonso Valencia; Harold Varmus.See also
Funders Forum
The GA4GH Funder’s Forum consists of GA4GH Host Institutions, Core Funders, Supporting Funders, and Assigned Expert Funders.
GA4GH Inc. Board of Directors
GA4GH Inc., the Canadian not-for-profit organization associated with the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, is governed by a Board of Directors, whose management committee mirrors the executive committee of the Product Steering Committee.