Fourth Meeting of the DS-I Africa Consortium
16 - 22 November 2024
The Ravenala Attitude Hotel, Mauritius

Dr Maria Giovanni - Participant

National Institutes of Health (NIH Staff)

Dr. Giovanni holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania and did postdoctoral training in the NIH laboratory of Nobel Prize Laureate, Dr. Marshall Nirenberg in molecular neuroscience. She moved to the National Eye Institute as Director of Fundamental Retinal Processes and then Chief, Retinal Diseases Branch, leading their efforts in Ocular Genomics. she was then appointed as the Director, Office of Genomics and Advanced Technologies (OGAT) at the National institute of Allergy and infectious Diseases (NIAID) at NIH. She also served as NIAID's Associate Director for Genomics and Bioinformatics and was appointed as the NIAID's Acting Director for the Office of Data Science and Emerging Technologies. In her leadership role and strategic vision in global health and emerging technologies at NIAID and extensive experience and expertise developing and managing innovative large-scale consortiums at NIAID and NIH policies related to data sharing and access, Dr. Giovanni was appointed by NIAID to serve on many NIH, HHS, and other USG agency working groups and non-profit organizations, industry and global health organizations. Dr. Giovanni now serves as Senior Consultant in Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology, NIAID, NIH.