About - Medical Genome Initiative

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Governance and Organization

The Medical Genome Initiative is made up of 9 research and healthcare organizations.

Click here to hear from Heidi Rehm, PhD, one of the founding members, about the mission of

the Medical Genome Initiative.

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SickKids

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Steering Committee Members

The Medical Genome Initiative Steering Committee is led by a Chair and is comprised of one representative from each institution.

Ashley, Euan, MD, PhD

Euan Ashley, MD, PhD

Stanford Medicine

Jobanputra, Vaidehi, PhD

Vaidehi Jobanputra, PhD, FACMG

New York Genome Center
Steering Committee Chair

Ghunwa Nakouzi, PhD, FACMG

HudsonAlpha Clinical Services Lab

Stephen Kingsmore, MD, DSc

Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine

Marshall, Christian, PhD

Christian Marshall, PhD

The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)

Linyan Meng

Linyan Meng, PhD, FACMG

Baylor Genetics

Rehm, Heidi, PhD

Heidi Rehm, PhD

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Wei-Shen

Wei Shen, PhD

Mayo Clinic

Ryan Taft

Ryan Taft, PhD
Illumina

Former Members

Belmont, John W, M.D

John Belmont, MD, PhD
Genetics & Genomics Services Inc.
(formerly Illumina)

Bick, David, MD

David Bick, MD
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

Dimmock, David, MD

David Dimmock, MD
Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine

Kulkarni, Shashikant, PhD

Shashikant Kulkarni, PhD
Baylor Genetics & Baylor College of Medicine

Matt Holt

J. Matt Holt, PhD
HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology

Kearney, Hutton, PhD

Hutton Kearney, PhD
Mayo Clinic

Melissa Kelly

Melissa Kelly, PhD, HCLD (ABB) Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology

Support Staff

Holly Snyder, MS, LCGC
Global Medical and Scientific Affairs, Illumina
Medical Genome Initiative Educational & Outreach Support
hsnyder@illumina.com

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