Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) and Phenopackets

Presenter: Prof. Melissa Haendel, Director of the Center for Data to Health, Oregon Health & Science University

Melissa presents the work on the Phenopacket Schema an open standard for sharing disease and phenotype information to improve our ability to understand, diagnose, and treat both rare and common diseases. A Phenopacket links detailed phenotype descriptions with disease, patient, and genetic information, enabling clinicians, biologists, and disease and drug researchers to build more complete models of disease. The standard is designed to encourage wide adoption and synergy between the people, organizations and systems that comprise the joint effort to address human disease and biological understanding.