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 Sara Brown (Chair)
University of Edinburgh
Professor Anne Goriely
University of Oxford
Professor Trevor Graham
Queen Mary University of London
Professor Aroon Hingorani
University College London
Dr Sally John
Biogen
Dr Jan Korbel
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Germany
Professor Zane Lombard
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Professor Simon Myers
University of Oxford
Dr Oliver Stegle
European Bioinformatics Institute
Professor Nicholas Timpson
University of Bristol
Professor Joris Veltman
Newcastle University
Manager
Jonathan Threlfall
Funding Manager
Wellcome Trust