Gabriela Repetto

Gabriela Repetto, M.D. Board of Directors, GGMC Co-Chair, G2MC Professor of Genetics, Facultad de Medicina, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile Dr. Repetto is a Clinical Geneticist and Director of the Center for Genetics and Genomics at Facultad de Medicina Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo in Santiago, Chile, a leading clinical, teaching and research … Read more

Catalina Lopez-Correa

Catalina Lopez-Correa, M.D., Ph.D. Board of Directors, GGMC Co-Chair, G2MC Executive Director, Genome Canada Dr. Lopez-Correa is Executive Director of the Canadian COVID19 Genomics Network (CanCOGen) with Genome Canada. In this capacity, she is coordinating efforts across Canada to sequence human and viral genomes and use the data to help shape policy and public health … Read more

George P. Patrinos

George P. Patrinos, Ph.D. Secretary, GGMC Chair, G2MC Professor of Pharmacogenomics, University of Patras School of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, Greece Adjunct Full Professor, United Arab Emirates University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Genetics and Genomics, UAE Dr. Patrinos group is internationally renowned for his involvement in the field of pharmacogenomics … Read more

Peter Goodhand

Peter Goodhand Co-Chair, IHCC Development Committee, GGMC CEO, Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) Peter Goodhand is a leader in the global health sector, holding senior executive and board member positions in the health research advancement community.  He played a key role in the creation of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) … Read more

Alan Shuldiner

Alan Shuldiner, M.D. Vice-Chair, GGMC Executive Team, G2MC Vice President, Regeneron Genetics Center, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA John Whitehurst Professor of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA Dr. Shuldiner founded and directs the Discovery Research Investigating Founder Population Traits (DRIFT) Program at the Regeneron Genetics Center. Their goals are to (i) catalogue population-specific … Read more

Vajira H. W. Dissanayake

Vajira H. W. Dissanayake, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., FNASSL, FIAHSI Chair & President, GGMC Executive Team, G2MC Dean of the Faculty and Senior Professor (Chair) in the Department of Anatomy, Genetics, and Biomedical Informatics of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Professor Vajira H. W. Dissanayake MBBS (Colombo), PhD (Nottingham), FNASSL, FIAHSI is the Dean … Read more

G2MC Evidence Working Group Publishes Article on Polygenic Risk Scores in Genomic Medicine Practices

G2MC News and Events G2MC Evidence Working Group Publishes Article on Polygenic Risk Scores in Genomic Medicine Practices We are pleased to announce that the article “The clinical utility of polygenic risk scores in genomic medicine practices: a systematic review” has been published online in Human Genetics. This study was led and authored by members … Read more

Publication: A population study of clinically actionable genetic variation affecting drug response from the Middle East

G2MC News and Events Publication: A population study of clinically actionable genetic variation affecting drug response from the Middle East Implementation is lagging in many parts of the world, including the Middle East, mainly due to the lack of data on the distribution of actionable pharmacogenomic variations. From the Qatar Genome Research Consortium, this comprehensive … Read more

IHCC Cohort Spotlight: Africa Wits-INDEPTH partnership for Genomic studies (AWI-Gen)

IHCC News and Events IHCC Cohort Spotlight: Africa Wits-INDEPTH partnership for Genomic studies (AWI-Gen) Prof Michele Ramsay (co-PI for the first 5 years: Prof Osman Sankoh) The Human Heredity and Health in Africa Consortium (H3Africa) (https://h3africa.org/) has made a fundamental contribution to enhancing genomics research and bioinformatics training across the continent. It supports cohort research, … Read more