The International Data Access Committee (IDAC) is an independent oversight committee responsible for the monitoring of DACO activities. Notably, it will advise the DACO on the handling of complex access requests, contribute to the DACO annual report and suggest necessary operational changes to the ICGC Executive Committee. The majority of the members composing the IDAC are not affiliated with the ICGC. IDAC members will bring to the attention of the DACO new developments in their field of research that could impact data access/exchange. They are appointed for 3 year renewable terms. The IDAC has broad geographic representation and includes individuals representing experts in ethics, databases and international law, cancer survivors, potential users of the data, and independent lay persons.
| Current IDAC members: | |
Chair - Martin Bobrow, Department of Medical Genetics, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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| Australia: | Don R. C. Chalmers, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania |
| Canada: | Yann Joly, Centre of Genomics and Policy, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University |
| Bartha M. Knoppers, Centre of Genomics and Policy, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University | |
| France: | William W. Lowrance, Consultant in Health Research Ethics and Policy |
| Emmanuelle Rial-Sebbag, U558 INSERM | |
| Catherine Vergely, ISIS 39 rue Camille Desmoulins, Institut Gustav Roussy, Pediatric Sce. | |
| Japan: | Tohru Masui, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation |
| Teruhiko Yoshida, National Cancer Center Research Institute | |
| Singapore: | Terry S. H. Kaan, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore |
| Spain: | Pilar Nicolás, Inter-University Chair in Law and the Human Genome, University of Deusto |
| United Kingdom: | Karen L. Kennedy, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |
| United States: | Laura Rodriguez, National Human Genome Research Institute, US National Institutes of Health |
