The Officers and Board of Directors provide leadership for the society
Several additional committees perform various functions:
- The Scientific Program Committee sets the scientific program for the annual meeting
- The Local Organizing Committee handles local logistics for the annual meeting
- The Publications Committee interacts with Genetic Epidemiology and chooses awardees for best publication
- The ELSI Committee deals with Ethical, Legal Social Issues in genetic epidemiological research
- The Education Committee outreaches to the scientific community on genetic epidemiology methods
- The Communications Committee promotes IGES news and activities to IGES members and the broader scientific community
- The Young Investigators Committee encourages new investigators to be involved and to network with each other and with more senior IGES members