GA4GH News

GA4GH Community Spotlight: Lindsay Smith

December 3 

This GA4GH Community Post is the seventh in our monthly series featuring individuals from across GA4GH.This month we are turning the spotlight on our own Lindsay Smith, a GA4GH Work Stream Manager!

GA4GH Mentions

New funding from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research supports projects developing methods for cancer detection and tools to facilitate better treatment decisions for high-risk cancer patients

December 1 • Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR), Canada

Additional new funding will support the ongoing work of OICR’s Diagnostic Development, Genomics, Genome Informatics and Imaging Programs, as well as funding for the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health, ICGC ARGO, the Ontario Molecular Pathology Research Network and the new Ontario Hereditary Cancer Research Network (OHCRN).

Genomics and Health News

Data: Share It Generously, Guard It Jealously

December 3 • Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, USA

Building a modern and equitable public health system

December 3 • MedCity News, USA

H3Africa Funds Scientists, Advances Genomics, and Fosters Collaboration in Africa

December 3 • Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, USA

Genomics England sets out vision for newborn genomes research pilot

December 3 • Genomics England, UK

Genetic Variant Discovered in Amish Protects from Heart Disease

December 2 • The Scientist, USA

Discover how to use Human Cell Atlas data in Terra

December 2 • Terra, USA

Human geneticists curb use of the term ‘race’ in their papers

December 2 • Science Magazine, USA

WHO members agree to start drafting global pandemic convention

December 1 • Al Jazeera, Qatar

Local Ancestry Inference for Latino/Admixed American Samples in gnomAD

December 1 • Genome Aggregation Database, USA

Dr. Maria Chatzou Dunford: Connecting Data

December 1 • Genomics England, UK

FDA study offers new tool to make sense out of pharmacogenetics data

November 30 • MedCity News, USA

Genetic Ancestry Shapes Immune Response to Influenza

November 29 • Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, USA

In a boost to interoperability, SNOMED CT to power IPS sub-ontology

November 29 • Healthcare IT News, USA

Improving metadata for genomic sequences

November 29 • EMBL's European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), UK

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