Meet the Teams Powering GBCC 2025
From planning and logistics to scientific guidance, get to know the people who make our conference possible.
General Organizing Committee
The General Organizing Committee manages logistics, sponsorships, and overall conference coordination.
Alex Mahmoud
Harvard Medical School
Andres Wokaty
CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH)
Charlotte Soneson
Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
Enis Afgan
Johns Hopkins University
Erica Feick
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Jennifer Vessio
Johns Hopkins University
Jenny Drnevich
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lori Shepherd
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Maria Doyle
University of Limerick
Mikhail Dozmorov
Virginia Commonwealth University
Natalie Whitaker-Allen
Johns Hopkins University
Tim Triche
Van Andel Institute
Tyler Collins
Johns Hopkins University
Wes Wilson
University of Pennsylvania
Co-Fest Organizers
The CoFest Organizers coordinate the CoFest event schedule, projects, and participant engagement.
Alex Mahmoud
Harvard Medical School
Ahmed Awan
Johns Hopkins University
Scientific Committee
The Scientific Committee reviews submitted abstracts, selects presentations, and advises on session themes.
Chairs
- Enis Afgan, Johns Hopkins University
- Jenny Drnevich, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Members
- Anil Thanki, EMBL-EBI
- Chinenyenwa Fortune Chukwuneme, Vaal University of Technology
- Damitha Liyanaarachchi, University of Colombo School of Computing
- Juan Martinez Villalobos, Yale
- Katarina Flöer, Smith College and Mass General Hospital
- Maria Chavero, Barcelona Supercomputing Center
- Miguel Camacho, Johannes Gutenberg University
- Mikhail Dozmorov, VCU
- Mohammad Saeed Tajdary, Shahid Beheshti University
- Oriana Barros, University of Aveiro
- Pedro Madrigal, EMBL-EBI
- Pratik Jagtap, University of Minnesota
- Sudhanshu Shekhar, University of North Carolina
- Tim Triche, VAI
- Charlotte Soneson, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research
- Gareth Price, Galaxy Australia
- Hans-Rudolf Hotz, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research