About us
Learn how GA4GH helps expand responsible genomic data use to benefit human health.
Leadership
GA4GH is a collaborative, global alliance led by executive leadership and the Standards Steering Committee. We receive guidance from our Funders Forum and operational support from our staff. 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 Standards Steering Committee. Leaders from GA4GH staff round out the executive team.
Heidi Rehm
Massachusetts General Hospital | Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardChair
Driver Project Champion for: Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen) | Matchmaker Exchange
Community lead for: Clinical Genomics Laboratory Community
Ewan Birney
European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) | EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)Chair Emeritus
Kathryn North
Murdoch Children's Research Institute | Australian GenomicsVice-Chair | NIF Lead
Driver Project Champion for: Australian Genomics | International Precision Child Health Partnership (IPCHiP)
Peter Goodhand
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)Chief Excutive Officer | President, GA4GH Inc.
Angela Page
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardDirector of Strategy and Engagement | Secretary, GA4GH Inc.
Standards Steering Committee
The Standards Steering Committee (SSC) consists of Work Stream Leads, Driver Project Champions, and Strategic Partner Champions. All leaders in their fields, SSC members reflect the diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and geography of the GA4GH community.
Larry Babb
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardAssigned Expert
Driver Project Champion for: Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen)
Product lead for: Variation Representation (VRS)
Michael Baudis
University of ZurichWork Stream lead for: Discovery Work Stream
Product lead for: Beacon
Sergi Beltran
CNAG CRGDriver Project Champion for: European Joint Programme on Rare Disease (EJP RD)
David Bernick
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardWork Stream lead for: Data Security Work Stream
Product lead for: Bad Actors in Research Environments (BARE) | Cloud Security and Privacy | Risk Assessment Methodology for Software Stacks
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
Anthony Brookes
University of LeicesterDriver Project Champion for: European Joint Programme on Rare Disease (EJP RD)
Product lead for: Beacon
Amy Brower
UNMC Munroe-Meyer InstituteDriver Project Champion for: Repository of the International Fetal Genomics Consortium (RIFGC)
Michael Brudno
University Health NetworkDriver Project Champion for: Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG)
David Bujold
McGill University / Université McGillDriver Project Champion for: EpiShare
Product lead for: Experiments Metadata Standard
Tony Burdett
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)Driver Project Champion for: Human Cell Atlas
Regina Bures
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Driver Project Champion for: NHLBI BioData Catalyst® (BDC)
Mélanie Courtot
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)Work Stream lead for: Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Product lead for: Data Use Ontology (DUO)
Karen Cranston
University Health Network | Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG)Driver Project Champion for: Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG)
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)
Tanja Davidsen
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Driver Project Champion for: NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability (NCPI) effort
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)
Magnus Fontes
Institut RocheDriver Project Champion for: Immunotherapy Centers of Research Excellence (imCORE®)
Ian Fore
NIH National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)GIF Lead
Product lead for: Federated Cohort Building
Marcia Fournier
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Driver Project Champion for: NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability (NCPI) effort
Mallory Freeberg
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)Driver Project Champion for: ENA / EVA / EGA
Jessica Giordano
Columbia University Irving Medical CenterDriver Project Champion for: Repository of the International Fetal Genomics Consortium (RIFGC)
David Glazer
VerilyDriver Project Champion for: All of Us Research Program
Work Stream lead for: Cloud Work Stream
Malachi Griffith
The Genome Institute at Washington University | Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)Driver Project Champion for: Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)
Obi 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)
Jaime Guidry Auvil
NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)Work Stream lead for: Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
Melissa Haendel
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusDriver Project Champion for: Monarch Initiative
Product lead for: Phenopackets
Benjamin Haibe-Kains
University of TorontoDriver Project Champion for: Immunotherapy Centers of Research Excellence (imCORE®)
Ada Hamosh
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineDriver Project Champion for: Matchmaker Exchange
Oliver Hofmann
University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer ResearchDriver Project Champion for: Australian Genomics
Work Stream lead for: Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
Product lead for: WGS Quality Control Standards
Emily Jefferson
Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)Champion, HDR UK Strategic Partnership
Strategic Partner Champion for: Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)
Yann Joly
Centre of Genomics and PolicyDriver Project Champion for: EpiShare
Work Stream lead for: Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Product lead for: Clinical Data Sharing and Consent | Genetic Discrimination Toolkit
Steven Jones
Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences CentreDriver Project Champion for: Canadian Distributed Infrastructure for Genomics (CanDIG)
Thomas Keane
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)Driver Project Champion for: ENA / EVA / EGA
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 HarvardDriver Project Champion for: Human Cell Atlas
Product lead for: Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit | Data Use Ontology (DUO) | Ethical Provenance Toolkit
Michael Lukowski
University of ChicagoDriver Project Champion for: Biomedical Research Hub (BRH)
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®)
Mogomotsi Matshaba
Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of ExcellenceDriver Project Champion for: Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa)
Nicola Mulder
University of Cape TownDriver Project Champion for: Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa)
Monica Munoz-Torres
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusDriver Project Champion for: Monarch Initiative
Work Stream lead for: Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture (Clin/Pheno) Work Stream
Product lead for: Phenopackets
Dianne Nicol
University of TasmaniaWork Stream lead for: Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream (REWS)
Product lead for: Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy — Blog Posts
Tommi Nyrönen
CSC – IT CENTER FOR SCIENCEDriver Project Champion for: European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI)
Work Stream lead for: Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
Brian O’Connor
Sage BionetworksGIF Lead
Work Stream lead for: Cloud Work Stream
Product lead for: Data Repository Service (DRS)
Lucila Ohno-Machado
University of California San DiegoWork Stream lead for: Data Security Work Stream
Neil Postlethwaite
Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)Champion, HDR UK Strategic Partnership
Strategic Partner Champion for: Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)
Jordi Rambla
Centre for Genomic RegulationDriver Project Champion for: ELIXIR Beacon | ENA / EVA / EGA
Product lead for: Beacon
Peter Robinson
The Jackson LaboratoryDriver Project Champion for: Monarch Initiative | Repository of the International Fetal Genomics Consortium (RIFGC)
Product lead for: Phenopackets
Nara Sobreira
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineWork Stream lead for: Discovery Work Stream
Lincoln Stein
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) | ICGC ARGODriver Project Champion for: ICGC ARGO
Juha Tornroos
ELIXIR Beacon | CSC – IT CENTER FOR SCIENCEDriver Project Champion for: ELIXIR Beacon
Geraldine Van der Auwera
Independent ContributorWork Stream lead for: Large-Scale Genomics (LSG) Work Stream
Alex Wagner
Nationwide Children’s Hospital | Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)Assigned Expert
Driver Project Champion for: Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)
Product lead for: Variation Representation (VRS)
Ronald Wapner
Columbia University Irving Medical CenterDriver Project Champion for: Repository of the International Fetal Genomics Consortium (RIFGC)
Andy Yates
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)Work Stream lead for: Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
Product lead for: refget
Emeritus
The following individuals previously served on the GA4GH leadership:
David Altshuler; Dixie Baker; Melissa Cline; 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; Arcadi Navarro; Sabine Oesterle; Laura Paglione; Charles Sawyers; Albert Smith; Amanda Spurdle; Michael Stratton; Alastair Thomson; 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 Standards Steering Committee.