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International COVID-19 Data Alliance

The International COVID-19 Data Alliance (ICODA) is a global research initiative based out of Health Data Research UK.

History

On June 26, 2020, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its partners with the COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator announced the launch of ICODA to be hosted at Health Data Research UK.¹⁾ The BMGF re-upped its support of ICODA in May 2021 with a grant of $577,246.²⁾

Organization

Leadership

Name	Position	Affiliation(s)
Executive Leadership Team³⁾
Andrew Morris	Chair	Health Data Research UK, University of Edinburgh, Scottish Government Health Directorate, Scottish COVID-19 Advisory Group, Wellcome Trust, Scottish Health Informatics Programme
Trudie Lang	-	Health Data Research UK, University of Oxford, Global Health Network, World Health Organization
Steve Kern	-	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Novartis, University of Utah
David Sibbald	-	Aridhia Informatics, Sumerian, Atlantech Technologies, Kate MacAskill Foundation, Johari Foundation, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Névine Zariffa	-	AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, The Lancet, ctDNA to Monitor Treatment Response, Food and Drug Administration
Aziz Sheikh	-	Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, International Journal of Quality in Health Care, NIHR Global Respiratory Health Unit, BREATHE, NHS Digital Academy
Neil Postlethwaite	-	Health Data Research UK, IBM
Anne Wozencraft	-	Cancer Research UK, British Council, Imperial College London
Scientific & Strategic Advisory Council
Agnes Binagwaho	Co-chair	National AIDS Control Commission, Ministry of Health of Rwanda, University of Global Health Equity, Partners in Health, World Health Organization, Rockefeller Foundation, United Nations, UN Millenium Project Task Force on HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB, and Access to Essential Medicines, Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS, Rwandan Paediatric Society, National Academy of Medicine, African Academy of Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Geisel School of Medicine
Martin Murphy	Co-chair	CEO Roundtable on Cancer, Project Data Sphere, Shanghai TuoXin Health Promotion Center, The Oncologist, Stem Cells Translational Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Society for Translational Medicine, Conquer Cancer, the ASCO Foundation, Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology, National Cancer Policy Forum, National Academy of Sciences, Milken Institute, Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, American Society of Clinical Oncology, C-Change
Frank Rockhold	-	Duke University Medical Centre, Virginia Commonwealth University, HunterRockhold, GlaxoSmithKline, Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium, Society for Clinical Trials, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, Frontier Science Foundation, European Medicines Agency, American Statistical Association, Royal Statistical Society
John Danesh	-	University of Cambridge, British Heart Foundation, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Nicky Mulder	-	University of Cape Town, Institute of Infectious Disease and Molecular Medicine, H3ABioNet, European Bioinformatics Institute