About the PGCoE Network

Press release

New England PGCoE Website
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health will partner with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard as lead academic partner. Other partners from Massachusetts and Connecticut include Boston University, Mass General Brigham hospital network, Yale University, Fathom Information Design, and Theiagen Genomics. In addition, it will serve as lead CoE for education with Harvard Medical School, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and the Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR).
Northwest PGCoE Website, Github The Washington State Department of Health will partner with the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, and the Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory as well as with Public Health – Seattle & King County
Minnesota PGCoE Website The Minnesota Department of Health will have the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic as primary partners
Virginia PGCoE Website The Virginia Division of Consolidated Laboratory Services will partner with the Virginia Department of Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, and the University of Virginia.
Georgia PGCoE Website The Georgia Department of Public Health will partner with six academic institutions: University of Georgia, Georgia Tech Research Institute, Emory University, Augusta University, Georgia State University, and the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Active projects

Protocols and Pipelines

Sample acquisition and transport protocols; data sharing agreement template and universal IRB protocol

Sequencing Validation and Benchmarking

Code to run evaluation tool, results of evaluation tool, and links to tested/validated pipelines and protocols

Situational Report Resources

Code for generating relevant analyses along with a detailed README instructional guide

Landscape analysis: essential elements