GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR GENOMICS & HEALTH

The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (Global Alliance) was formed to help accelerate the potential of genomic medicine to advance human health. It brings together over 220 leading institutions working in healthcare, research, disease advocacy, life science, and information technology. The partners in the Global Alliance are working together to create a common framework of harmonized approaches to enable the responsible, voluntary, and secure sharing of genomic and clinical data. The wo... rk of the Global Alliance is critical to realizing the potential of recent technological advances that make possible the large-scale collection of data on genome sequencing and clinical outcomes. To seize this extraordinary opportunity, it is often necessary to ask questions that span individual datasets. The Global Alliance is working to alter the current reality where data are kept and studied in silos, and tools and methods are non-standardized and incompatible. Engaging collaboratively with its stakeholders, the Global Alliance works to establish, broadly disseminate, and advocate for the use of interoperable technical standards for managing and sharing genomic and clinical data. The Global Alliance acts as a convener, bringing together global stakeholders across sectors to share and establish best practices and to cross-pollinate ideas and learning, fostering a culture of innovation and discovery. Global Alliance stakeholders work together to promote the highest standards for ethics, ensuring that participants have the choice to responsibly and securely share their genomic and clinical data to advance progress in science and medicine.More