Dr. Idan Gabdank joined the National Human Genome Research Institute's (NHGRI) Division of Genome Sciences as a program director in 2024 and served in that capacity until February 2025. He is a strong advocate for open and reproducible science adhering to the FAIR principles. Dr. Gabdank is a part of NHGRI team overseeing the Human Genome Reference Program (HGRP) and Computational Genomics and Data Science Program (CGDS) team.

Prior to joining the NHGRI, Dr. Gabdank lead a group of scientists responsible for coordination, curation, uniform processing and sharing of the data generated by the IGVF and ENCODE consortia.

Dr. Gabdank received a Ph.D in bioinformatics from Ben Gurion University of the Negev and completed postdoctoral research fellowship at Stanford University.