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Ankit Malhotra, PhD

Author: Ankit Malhotra, PhD

Ankit Malhotra, PhD, is the Global Head of Genomics, Strategy and Solutions at Amazon Web Services. He leverages over two decades of industry experience and deep scientific expertise (25+ publications, 28,000+ citations) to drive genomics innovation worldwide. At AWS, he spearheads the development of AWS strategy for precision medicine through strategic genomics based initiatives. He also drives the development of cloud-based solutions, such as AWS HealthOmics, that empower healthcare providers, research institutions, and life science companies to harness cloud computing and machine learning for accelerated research and improved patient outcomes.

Executive Conversations: Future-proofing population genomics initiatives through federation

Executive Conversations: Future-proofing population genomics initiatives through federation with Thorben Seeger of Lifebit

Population genomics initiatives amass a multitude of clinical, omics, and phenotypic data from diverse participants. This data is critical to a range of healthcare use cases, including biomarker discovery, drug repurposing, patient stratification, and precision medicine. However, strict data security and regulatory frameworks often make large-scale data migration unfeasible, creating a fragmented data landscape that […]

Executive Conversations: Completing the Human Reference Genome with Leaders of the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium

Executive Conversations: Completing the Human Reference Genome with Leaders of the Telomere-to-Telomere (T2T) Consortium

Karen Miga, PhD, associate director of the University of California Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, and Adam Phillippy, PhD, senior investigator at the National Human Genome Research Institute, join Ankit Malhotra, PhD, Genomics Lead, Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services (AWS), to discuss how their team leveraged technological advancements to assemble the first complete human reference […]