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
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 | NIF Lead
Driver Project Champion for: Australian Genomics | International Precision Child Health Partnership (IPCHiP)
Peter Goodhand
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)Chief Executive Officer | President, GA4GH Inc.
Angela Page
Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardChief Strategy & Engagement Officer | Secretary, GA4GH Inc.
Nicola Mulder
University of Cape TownVice-Chair
Driver Project Champion for: Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa)
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 ZurichWork Stream lead for: Discovery Work Stream
Product lead for: Beacon
Mélanie Courtot
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR)Driver Project Champion for: Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL)
Product lead for: Data Use Ontology (DUO)
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
Yann Joly
Centre of Genomics and PolicyDriver Project Champion for: EpiShare | Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL)
Product lead for: Clinical Data Sharing and Consent | Genetic Discrimination Toolkit
Andy Yates
EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)TASC Lead
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 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
Driver Project Champion for: Clinical Genome Resource (ClinGen)
Product lead for: Variation Representation Specification (VRS)
Sergi Beltran
CNAG CRGDriver Project Champion for: European Joint Programme on Rare Disease (EJP RD)
Benjamin Berk
Care EvolutionWork 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®)
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)
Matt Brush
Oregon Health & Science UniversityDriver Project Champion for: Monarch Initiative
Product lead for: Variant Annotation (VA)
David Bujold
McGill University / Université McGillDriver Project Champion for: EpiShare | Pan-Canadian Genome Library (PCGL)
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)
Salvador Capella-Gutierrez
Barcelona Supercomputing CenterDriver Project Champion for: EOSC4Cancer: A European-wide foundation to accelerate data-driven cancer research
Community lead for: Cancer Community
Melissa Cline
University of California, Santa CruzWork Stream lead for: Genomic Knowledge Standards (GKS) Work Stream
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)
Tanja Davidsen
National Institutes of Health (NIH)Driver Project Champion for: NIH Cloud Platform Interoperability (NCPI) effort
Jaime Delgado
Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)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)
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
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)
Jaime Guidry Auvil
NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)Work Stream lead for: Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
Benjamin Haibe-Kains
University of TorontoDriver Project Champion for: Immunotherapy Centers of Research Excellence (imCORE®)
Community lead for: Cancer Community
Ada Hamosh
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineDriver Project Champion for: Matchmaker Exchange
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)
Aina Jené
European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA)Driver Project Champion for: European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA)
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: European Genome-phenome Archive (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
Work Stream lead for: Data Use & Researcher Identity (DURI) Work Stream
Product lead for: Data Access Committee Review Standards (DACReS) Toolkit | Data Use Ontology (DUO) | Ethical Provenance Toolkit
Heather Lawson
The Genome Institute at Washington UniversityDriver Project Champion for: Human Pangenome Project (HPP)
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®)
Venkat Malladi
MicrosoftWork Stream lead for: Cloud Work Stream
Product lead for: Task Execution Service (TES)
Mogomotsi Matshaba
Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of ExcellenceDriver Project Champion for: Human Heredity and Health in Africa (H3Africa)
Michele Mattioni
Seven Bridges Genomics, Inc.Driver Project Champion for: NHLBI BioData Catalyst® (BDC)
Karen Miga
University of California, Santa CruzDriver Project Champion for: Human Pangenome Project (HPP)
Monica Munoz-Torres
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical CampusWork 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)
Brian O’Connor
Sage BionetworksWork Stream lead for: Cloud Work Stream
Product lead for: Data Repository Service (DRS)
Bernie Pope
The University of Melbourne | Australian BioCommonsCommunity lead for: Cancer Community
Neil Postlethwaite
Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)Strategic Partner Champion for: Health Data Research UK (HDR UK)
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)
Lindsay Smith
The Hospital for Sick ChildrenDriver Project Champion for: International Precision Child Health Partnership (IPCHiP)
Nara Sobreira
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineWork Stream lead for: Discovery Work Stream
Dylan Spalding
CSC – IT CENTER FOR SCIENCEDriver Project Champion for: European Genomic Data Infrastructure (GDI)
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 CenterDriver Project Champion for: EOSC4Cancer: A European-wide foundation to accelerate data-driven cancer research
Alex Wagner
Nationwide Children’s Hospital | Variant Interpretation for Cancer Consortium (VICC)Assigned Expert
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:
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.