Mallory Freeberg

Mallory leads the Human Genomics Team which provides genome variation resources as part of the Ensembl project including the Ensembl Variant Effect Predictor (VEP) tool, human variation interpretation services such as the DECIPHER and Gene2Phenotype platforms, as well as the European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA) for managing sensitive human genomic and phenotypic data. The talented teams that build and maintain these resources are involved in a number of international projects and consortia that help curate, harmonise, standardise, process, display, and disseminate data to support research and clinical applications around the world.

 

Mallory has a particular focus on promoting the responsible sharing and reuse of FAIR human data to enable cutting-edge research as well as clinical applications for human genomic data. Towards this vision, Mallory also co-leads the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) Implementation Forum to facilitate human genomic standards implementation, ensure interoperability, and promote data sharing best practices within scientific, clinical, and industry domains.

Previously at EMBL-EBI, Mallory was Project Lead then Coordinator for the European Genome-phenome Archive (EGA), a controlled access resource for managing sensitive human omics data and jointly run by EMBL-EBI and the Centre for Genomic Regulation. Mallory joined EMBL-EBI in 2017 as a metadata specialist for the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) Data Coordination Platform team. Prior to joining EMBL-EBI, Mallory completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Johns Hopkins Unviersity where she was also a trainer for the Galaxy platform. Mallory holds a BSc in Bioinformatics from Saint Vincent College and a PhD in Bioinformatics at the University of Michigan.