Forwarding the below reminder in case of interest. 😊
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From: Kaitlyn Brethour kaitlyn.brethour@ga4gh.org Sent: 6. februar 2026 17:32 To: Community - Infectious Disease infectious-disease-community@ga4gh.org Subject: Re: GA4GH-PHA4GE Infectious Disease Community
Hi everyone,
This is a reminder of the upcoming Infectious Disease Community of Interest call next Wednesday, February 11th at 16:00 UTC (check your local time herehttps://everytimezone.com/s/f2cecc5c).
A focus of the meeting will be open community discussion of priorities to focus the CoI's efforts on over the next few months. We will use live polling to facilitate the discussion - if you would prefer to provide your feedback in advance, please feel free to fill out the poll here.https://app.sli.do/event/1XqVjBQYTMUDRNZNwWc8VQ
Thank you!
Kaitlyn
On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 8:25 AM Kaitlyn Brethour <kaitlyn.brethour@ga4gh.orgmailto:kaitlyn.brethour@ga4gh.org> wrote: Dear all,
This is an update that the Infectious Disease Community call has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 11th at 16:00 UTC. You should receive the meeting invite shortly.
This call will be an opportunity to review plans for the GA4GH-PHA4GE Infectious Disease Community and to discuss community priorities for the year ahead. To make this discussion as productive as possible, we would greatly welcome your input in advance.
Please feel free to reply to this email with any thoughts on what you would like to gain from the group going forward, including topics you would like to prioritise or challenges you think the community should focus on.
Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you on the call!
Kind regards,
Kaitlyn
On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 9:54 AM Kaitlyn Brethour <kaitlyn.brethour@ga4gh.orgmailto:kaitlyn.brethour@ga4gh.org> wrote: Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to share an update on the GA4GH & PHA4GE Infectious Disease Community of Interest (ID CoI). Thanks to the support and enthusiasm of your new co-leads, Charlie, Nishan, and Samantha, we are planning to kick-off our first community call in February 2026 (exact date to follow).
The CoI will serve as a collaborative space for advancing priorities of the infectious disease genomics community and exploring how GA4GH and PHA4GE standards can support real-world needs across pathogen and human genomics. Attached is a short slide deckhttps://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ZWxyjlY04nl9mXM_xXBp6oqQYMrrpY2nw0p7NScn_MQ/edit?usp=sharing summarizing the updated mission and goals for the community.
As many of you were part of the previous ID CoI, you are already on the mailing list and will receive the meeting updates. One of our goals as a community is to build a space that is globally diverse and inclusive across domains of infectious disease genomics, and we would greatly appreciate your support in this mission. 👉 Please feel free to share this email and the sign-up linkhttps://www.ga4gh.org/get-involved/join-our-community/join/ with colleagues, regional partners, and others in your networks who may be interested in joining the community.
Thank you for your continued interest and for helping us build a strong, connected infectious disease genomics community. We will follow up soon with the confirmed date and agenda for the first call.
Best regards,
Kaitlyn, on behalf of your GA4GH & PHA4GE Infectious Disease CoI co-leads: Charlie Barclay, Nishan Katuwal, Samantha Chill -- Kaitlyn Brethour Partner Engagement Manager, GA4GH [Image removed by sender.] kaitlyn.brethour@ga4gh.orgmailto:kaitlyn.brethour@ga4gh.org T: (+1) 613-612-0407 www.ga4gh.orghttp://www.ga4gh.org/ To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to infectious-disease-community+unsubscribe@ga4gh.orgmailto:infectious-disease-community+unsubscribe@ga4gh.org.
