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Meet the Local Contexts Team

Ann McCartney

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Ann McCartney

Co-Chair, Technical Implementation Working Group

Ann holds a PhD in Bioinformatics and Molecular Evolution that focused on using mathematical networks to uncover novel gene transcripts across primates. Her postdoctoral fellowship with Genomics Aotearoa focused on building genomic pipelines for the generation of high-quality genomes for endemic and endangered eukaryotic species that respected Māori practices and aligned with mātauranga Māori. As a Visiting Fellow at NHGRI, Ann was part of the T2T Consortium that produced the first complete sequence of a human genome and directed the European Reference Genome Atlas Pilot Project. During this time she also worked on Tribal data management and sharing in the NIH Office of Science Policy.

Ann is now an Assistant Researcher in the Genomics Institute at UC Santa Cruz and an adjunct Assistant Professor at University College Dublin. She serves on the Earth BioGenome Project’s Executive Council, is vice-chair of the European Reference Genome Atlas, co-chairs the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium’s ELSI Committee, co-chairs the Local Contexts Hub Technical Implementation working group, and is a member of the DSI Scientific Network. Ann is also passionate about training the next generation of data scientists and has contributed to Summer internship for Indigenous Peoples in Genomics, and is a co-organizer of IndigiData.