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Back to Leadership Team Teji Rakhra-Burris President & CEO, GGMC Research Program Leader, Sr, Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine, Duke University Medical Center Co-Founder, MeTree&You, Inc. Ms. Rakhra-Burris has a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration from the University of Vermont and a Masters of Art in Molecular Genetics from Washington University in … Read more

Back to Leadership Team Grant Wood Advisory Board Member, GGMC Technology Executive in Clinical Genomics, USA Grant Wood has 17 years experience with a major US healthcare system, designing and leading development of computer systems that support healthcare providers and researchers in advancing and delivering genomic-based clinical care. He has a breadth of knowledge in … Read more

Back to Leadership Team Scott Sundseth, Ph.D. Advisory Board Member, GGMC Program Director, IHCC Founder, Sundseth Consulting, LLC Sundseth has applied pharmacogenomic analysis to drug discovery and development across multiple therapeutic areas and for diverse healthcare enterprises for over 30 years. As Founder of Sundseth Consulting and Chief Scientific Officer at Cabernet Pharmaceuticals, Sundseth has … Read more

Back to Leadership Team Geoff Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D. Advisory Board Member, GGMC Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, All of Us Research Program, National Institutes of Health Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, USA Geoffrey Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D., is the Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of the All of Us Research Program at … Read more

Back to Leadership Team Gabriela Repetto, M.D. Board of Directors, GGMC 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 … Read more

Back to Leadership Team Catalina Lopez-Correa, M.D., Ph.D. Board of Directors, GGMC 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 … Read more

Back to Leadership Team George P. Patrinos, Ph.D. Secretary, GGMC 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 … Read more

Back to Leadership Team Peter Goodhand Treasurer, 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 … Read more

Back to Leadership Team Alan Shuldiner, M.D. Vice-Chair, GGMC 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 … Read more

Back to Leadership Team Vajira H. W. Dissanayake, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., FNASSL, FIAHSI Chair & President, GGMC 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 … Read more