Domenico Coviello (MD, PhD) medical geneticist, Director of Human Genetics Laboratory, IRCCS Giannina Gaslini Institute, Genoa. Director of Laboratory of Human Genetics, at Galliera Hospiyal in Genoa (2010-2018); head of Medical Genetics Laboratory, Policlinico University Hospital Milan, Italy (2000-2010). He taught Genetics at University of Genoa (2011-2019), had teaching responsibility at Milan University, Modena University (1998-2000), and Genoa University 1989-1997.

He worked at: 1978-Cytogenetic Laboratory, Guy's Hospital Medical School, London; 1984-William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford; 1987-1988-Department of Molecular Genetics, M.D. Anderson Cancer Centre, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA; 1991-Human Genetics Branch, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA; 1995 and 1997 - Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

EU projects: 1995-1997- EC Biomed I on Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy; 2005-2009 EC network of excellence Eurogentest. 2007-2009 Eurogenguide. 2008-2010 Eurogene. 2009-2012 PHGEN II. 2018-2022 COST Action CA17130 (EnGagE) “Enhancing Psychiatric Genetic Counselling, Testing, and Training in Europe”.

1999-2005 Member of ESHG Public and Professional Policy Committee;

2004-2009 Chairman of ESHG Educational Committee;

2009-2014 Board member of the ESHG

2013-2018 Board member of Italian Society of Human Genetics (SIGU)

2014-2019 Secretary General of European Board of Medical Genetics (EBMG)

2016-2021 Board member of EMQN (European Molecular Genetics Quality Network)