Our Team
Co-Chairs
Geoff Ginsburg, M.D., Ph.D., G2MC Co-Chair and President
Professor of Medicine, Pathology and Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, USA Director, Duke MEDx Dr. Ginsburg is the founding director of the Center for Applied Genomics & Precision Medicine at the…
George P. Patrinos, Ph.D., G2MC Co-Chair
Professor of Pharmacogenomics, University of Patras School of Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacy, GreeceAdjunct Full Professor, United Arab Emirates University, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Department of Pathology, UAEDr….
Catalina Lopez-Correa MD, PhD
Chief Operating Officer at Ruta N Medellin Dr. Lopez-Correa is a leading advocate for genomics research and translation and an international leader in using innovation to solve world challenges. As…
Executive Team
Prof. Vajira H. W. Dissanayake MBBS, PhD, FNASSL
Chair Professor Anatomy; Director, Human Genetics Unit Chairperson, Specialty Board in Biomedical Informatics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Dr. Dissanayake is the Director of the Human Genetics Unit (HGU), at…
Alan Shuldiner, M.D.
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…
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Liaison
Teri Manolio, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), USA Dr. Manolio is a physician an epidemiologist at the NIH and Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre. She joined NHGRI in 2005…
Steering Committee
Marc Abramowicz, Ph.D. M.D.
Professor, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Dr. Abramowicz is a clinical geneticist, Professor of medical genetics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and has been heading the Medical Genetics…
Fahd Al-Mulla, M.B.Ch.B, PCTM, FRCP, Ph.D.
Professor of molecular pathology, Department of Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Kuwait University, Kuwait Head of functional genomics at Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait Director, Genatak, a private sector center for…
Wasun Chantratita, Ph.D.
Chief of Virology and Molecular Microbiology, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand Dr. Chatratita has carried out both research and routine molecular diagnosis in virology…
Peter Goodhand
CEO, Global Alliance for Genomics and Health Peter Goodhand is a leader in the global health sector, holding senior executive and board member positions in the health research advancement community. …
Bruce Korf
Wayne H. and Sara Crews Finley Chair in Medical Genetics, Professor of Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Chief Genomics Officer, UAB Medicine, USA Associate Director for Rare Diseases,…
Gad Rennert, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Clalit National Cancer Control Center and National Personalized Medicine Program, Israel Professor and Chairman, Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center and B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine,…
Gabriela Repetto
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…
John Wong, Ph.D. M.B.B.S.
Senior Vice President, Health Affairs, Chief Executive and Isabel Chan Professor in Medical Services, National University of Singapore, Singapore Prof. Wong is actively involved in the development of Biomedical Sciences…
Ambroise Wonkam, M.D. Ph.D.
Professor and Senior Medical Genetics Consultant, Division of Human Genetics, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town Member, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University…
Grant Wood
Senior IT Strategist, Intermountain Healthcare, Clinical Genetics Institute, USAGrant Wood has worked with Intermountain Healthcare’s Clinical Genetics group for over 12 years. He is responsible for creating computer systems that…
Dineshani Hettiarachchi MBBS, MSc Regenerative Medicine, MCGP, SEDA UK
Lecturer at the Human Genetics Unit and Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine University of Colombo Dr. Dineshani Hettiarachchi’s qualifications include MBBS (First Class), MSc in Regenerative Medicine, Diploma in…
Nirmala D. Sirisena MBBS, MSc in Clinical Genetics, SEDA UK, Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer and Clinical Geneticist, Department of Anatomy/Human Genetics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka Dr. Nirmala D. Sirisena’s special interests are Clinical Genetics, Cancer Genetics and…
Christina (Christy) Tise, MD, PhD
Medical Genetics Fellow, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University Growing up, Christy had a strong interest in plants and horticulture which landed her at Virginia Tech where she studied Biochemistry….
Stefania Koutsilieri
Ph.D. candidate, Laboratory of Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy, Pharmacy School of the University of Patras Stefania Koutsilieri is a Ph.D. candidate of the Laboratory of Pharmacogenomics and Individualized Therapy in…