Genetics and Genomics Discovery Advisory Group
This advisory group shortlists candidates for Wellcome Career Development Awards and Wellcome Discovery Awards.
Its remit covers applications on fundamental aspects of genetics in human health and disease, including the development of new analytical and computational approaches to genetics and genomics.
Examples include:
- genetic and genomic variation in human health and disease
- genetic epidemiology and mechanisms of human evolution
- comparative and functional genomics
- human population genetics
- bioinformatics and biostatistics
- computational and systems biology.
Members
Members are listed below. Additional experts will join the panel as necessary.
Professor Joris Veltman (Chair)
Newcastle University
Dr Maria Avila Arcos
National Autonomous University of Mexico
Professor Anne Goriely
University of Oxford
Professor John Holloway
University of Southampton
Dr Jan Korbel
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
Professor Zane Lombard
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Dr Gisela Orozco
University of Manchester
Dr Silvia Paracchini
University of St Andrews
Dr Raheleh Rahbari
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Professor Samuli Ripatti
University of Helsinki, Finland
Professor Albert Tenesa
University of Edinburgh
Manager
Jonathan Threlfall
Funding Manager
Wellcome Trust