The WHO genomics program of work for equitable implementation of human genomics for global health

Elena Ambrosino¹, Ahmad N Abou Tayoun^{2

3}, Marc Abramowicz⁴, Bin Alwi Zilfalil⁵, Tiffany Boughtwood^{6

7}, Yosr Hamdi⁸, Tim Hubbard^{9

10}, Kazuto Kato¹¹, Iscia Lopes-Cendes¹², Partha Pratim Majumder^{13

14}, Deborah Mascalzoni^{15

16}, Rokhaya Ndiaye¹⁷, Michèle Ramsay¹⁸, Gabriela M Repetto¹⁹, Vorasuk Shotelersuk²⁰, Sherry Taylor²¹, John C Reeder²², Anna Laura Ross²²

Affiliations

¹ Science Division, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. ambrosinoe@who.int.
² Genomics Center of Excellence, Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, Dubai Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
³ Center for Genomic Discovery, Mohammed Bin Rashid University, Dubai Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
⁴ Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
⁶ Australian Genomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁸ Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
⁹ ELIXIR, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, King's College London, London, UK.
¹¹ Department of Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy, graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
¹² Department of Translational Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹³ John C. Martin Center for Liver Research and Innovations, Kolkata, India.
¹⁴ Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
¹⁵ Department of Public Health and Caring Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Institute for Biomedicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy.
¹⁷ Division of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, University Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Senegal.
¹⁸ Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹⁹ Center for Genetics and Genomics, Facultad de Medicina, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
²⁰ Center of Excellence for Medical Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
²¹ Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
²² Science Division, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 39227441
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03225-x

The WHO genomics program of work for equitable implementation of human genomics for global health

Elena Ambrosino et al. Nat Med. 2024 Oct.

. 2024 Oct;30(10):2711-2713.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03225-x.

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Affiliations

¹ Science Division, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. ambrosinoe@who.int.
² Genomics Center of Excellence, Al Jalila Children's Specialty Hospital, Dubai Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
³ Center for Genomic Discovery, Mohammed Bin Rashid University, Dubai Health, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
⁴ Genetic Medicine and Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
⁵ Human Genome Centre, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
⁶ Australian Genomics, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁷ Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁸ Laboratory of Biomedical Genomics and Oncogenetics, Institut Pasteur of Tunis, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia.
⁹ ELIXIR, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, King's College London, London, UK.
¹¹ Department of Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy, graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan.
¹² Department of Translational Medicine, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.
¹³ John C. Martin Center for Liver Research and Innovations, Kolkata, India.
¹⁴ Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India.
¹⁵ Department of Public Health and Caring Science, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Switzerland.
¹⁶ Institute for Biomedicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy.
¹⁷ Division of Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Odonto-Stomatology, University Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar, Senegal.
¹⁸ Sydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
¹⁹ Center for Genetics and Genomics, Facultad de Medicina, Clinica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
²⁰ Center of Excellence for Medical Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
²¹ Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
²² Science Division, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.

PMID: 39227441
DOI: 10.1038/s41591-024-03225-x

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