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Qatar Genome Programme
National sequencing program integrating whole genomes with Qatar Biobank phenotypes and other omics to characterize Qatari variation, discover disease associations, and enable clinical precision health.
01 / Project overview
What the record establishes.
- Geographic scope
- National
- Project type
- national population genomics program
- Research domain
- human population genomics and precision medicine
- Years
- 2015–
- Lifecycle status
- active within QPHI
- Status basis
- QPHI's 2024 launch reporting stated that more than 40,000 genomes had been sequenced and current genomic-data pipelines and releases remain online.
- Status evidence date
- 2026-08-15
- Scale
- More than 10,000 genomes by 2018 and more than 40,000 by April 2024; current controlled release contains 24,838 healthy-participant whole genomes.
02 / Organizations and population
Who and what the project connects.
- Lead organizations
- Qatar Foundation · Qatar Genome Programme · Qatar Precision Health Institute
- Partner organizations
- Qatar Biobank · Sidra Medicine · Hamad Medical Corporation · Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar · Hamad Bin Khalifa University · Qatar University
- Organism / population
- Participants in Qatar Biobank/QPHI population and disease cohorts
03 / Data and access
What exists and how it can be reached.
Data types
- whole-genome sequencing
- small and structural variants
- HLA
- STRs
- pharmacogenomics
- proteomics
- metabolomics
- linked phenotypes
Data access
Controlled through QPHI; cohort-level and individual files are supplied to approved researchers.
Identifiers
No public accession or identifier is listed for this record.
04 / Evidence and provenance
Why the record is included.
Inclusion basis
National flagship population-sequencing program with tens of thousands of genomes and reusable controlled releases.
Editorial note
Announced conceptually in 2013 and established operationally in 2015. It is now part of QPHI. QTRG is a separate earlier reference project.
Sources
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