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The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) is an international, nonprofit alliance formed in 2013 to accelerate the potential of research and medicine to advance human health. In January 2019, the GA4GH selected EUCANCan as a new Driver project. In total, the alliance has 24 Driver Projects, which help guide their development efforts and […]

The EUCANCan communications team recently caught up with Alexander Bernier, who besides supporting the development of policy recommendations for international sharing of genomics data in the context of EUCANCan’s Work Package 6 (WP6) is also working toward his PhD in the same field at the University of Toronto.  In 2018, Alexander Bernier was working as […]

Last year, we published an article on the EUCANCan website about Onco Trial Tracks, a public online platform that supports healthcare providers in finding the most suitable clinical trial for cancer patients. The platform is developed and managed by the Oncology Data Science Group (ODysSey) at the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) in Barcelona, Spain. […]

Scientific research depends on the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and information between researchers with different expertise and experience. The EUCANCan communications team caught up with Mikel Recuero Linares, a PhD student and Researcher at the Chair in Law and the Human Genome R.G. at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), to get his perspective […]

In 2020, 2.7 million people in the European Union were diagnosed with cancer, and another 1.3 million people lost their lives to the disease. Without reversing current trends, cancer cases are estimated to increase by 24% by 2035, making it the leading cause of death in the EU. To turn the tide against cancer, the […]

The September edition of the Global Alliance for Genomics & Health’s (GA4GH’s) monthly newsletter, the GDPR Brief, examines the ramifications of the European Court of Justice’s Schrems II judgment on 16 July 2020. The brief focuses primarily on how the new decision can lead to strengthened obligations on anyone transferring data out of the European Economic […]

The Global Alliance for Genomics & Health (GA4GH) has launched a new podcast, OmicsXchange, which provides insights into the forefront of genomic and clinical data sharing. The first episode, “Science as a Human Right: An Interview with Dr. Bartha Maria Knoppers” was released on International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2019. The guest, Dr. […]