Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH)

GA4GH builds the foundation for broad and responsible use of genomic data. The not-for-profit Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) sets standards and frames policies to expand genomic data use within a human rights framework.

What We Do

GA4GH Work Streams create products that encourage responsible international genomic data use. These teams from around the globe build standards, frameworks, and tools that overcome technical and regulatory hurdles. Join any Work Stream related to your field and interests. All Work Streams follow the Code of Ethics and Community Conduct.

Clinical & Phenotypic Data Capture Work Stream Standardise the representation and exchange of phenotypic, pedigree, clinical, and exposome data.	Cloud Work Stream “Bring compute to the data” by defining, sharing, and executing portable workflows across different compute environments.
Data Security Work Stream Develops products and guidelines to safeguard privacy, data integrity, and service availability.	Data Use & Researcher Identity Work Stream Creates tools to communicate who can access datasets for which purposes. Helps confirm user identity and match researcher type to data permissions.
Discovery Work Stream Helps researchers and clinicians explore worldwide genomic variations through products for searching and exchanging genomic data.	Genomic Knowledge Standards Work Stream Designs standards that enable computer-to-computer exchange of genomic information, improving search and application of genomic knowledge.
Large-Scale Genomics Work Stream Develops products to describe, compress, store, encrypt, and transfer genomic data in a scalable way.	Regulatory & Ethics Work Stream Develops policies, tools, and standards addressing regulatory and ethical considerations in genomic research and international data sharing.

Communities of Interest

GA4GH convenes Communities of Interest, providing forums for researchers, clinicians, and experts to uncover needs in specific domains, exchange best practices, and advance real-world use cases involving GA4GH products.

Cancer Community

Clinical Genomics Laboratory Community

Infectious Disease Community

Neuroscience Community

Get Involved

Learn more about GA4GH by visiting ga4gh.org. To get involved, join the community or explore our open calls.

If you have any questions, please contact info@ga4gh.org or get in touch with the Sanger GA4GH representatives.

The Sanger GA4GH representatives are:

Beatrice Amos ba17@sanger.ac.uk

Gemma Brown gb23@sanger.ac.uk

Jon Turner jt33@sanger.ac.uk