Catch highlights from the AWS HealthOmics End-to-End Workshop hosted by Gary Derheim of PTP, featuring Aaron Jeskey from PTP and Ariella Sasson, Amazon HealthOmics Principal Solutions Architect, along with AWS architects Itzik Paz and Sumit Deshpande.
What is AWS HealthOmics?
AWS HealthOmics is a purpose-built service designed for the healthcare and life sciences industry, offering a scalable platform to store, query, and analyze genomic and other biological data. Initially launched as Amazon Omix at re:Invent 2022, the service was renamed at the New York Summit in July 2023.
Addressing Common Challenges in Genomics
Researchers often face challenges managing the size, complexity, and security of genomic data. AWS HealthOmics provides a suite of tools that simplify data storage, analysis, and governance for genomics workflows.
Benefits of AWS HealthOmics
- Multi-omics and Multimodal Analysis: Enables researchers to integrate genomic data with other biological data types.
- Purpose-built Data Storage: Optimized for petabyte-scale storage with cost-effective access and archiving.
- Scalability and Automation: Auto-scale compute resources and automate workflow implementation.
- Enhanced Security and Compliance: Built-in support for HIPAA and GDPR.
Core Components of HealthOmics
- Omics Storage: Secure, compliant storage for FASTQ, BAM, and CRAM files with automatic archiving.
- Bioinformatics Workflows: Use languages like Nextflow, CWL, and WDL to run analyses at scale.
- Variant and Annotation Data: Store and query variant and annotation data using Amazon Athena.
Ready-to-Run Workflows and Analytics
HealthOmics offers pre-configured, ready-to-run workflows priced per execution. These can also be customized to meet specific research needs. Genomic data can be transformed for queryable analytics, enabling multi-modal analysis and collaboration.
Applications and Use Cases
- Population Sequencing: Study genomic variation and connect it to phenotypes.
- Clinical Genomics: Support precision medicine with reproducible workflows.
- Accelerated Clinical Trials: Identify biomarkers and reduce timelines.
- Enhanced Research and Innovation: Improve access to secure genomic data for scientific breakthroughs.
Explore the Power of AWS HealthOmics
From scientific computing IT support to HIPAA-compliant genomic storage, AWS HealthOmics is built for modern research teams. Discover how PTP automates and optimizes bioinformatics pipelines or explore our CloudOps solution on AWS Marketplace.
Frequently Asked Questions
AWS HealthOmics is a purpose-built service that helps life sciences organizations process and analyze genomic, transcriptomic, and other omics data at scale. It enables researchers to run bioinformatics pipelines, automate workflows, and accelerate scientific discovery using secure cloud infrastructure.
The workshop covers the full lifecycle of genomic data—from ingesting raw sequencing data to running analysis pipelines, visualizing results, and managing compliance. It also includes live demos and architectural walkthroughs of HealthOmics features.
The workshop is ideal for bioinformaticians, clinical researchers, IT leaders in biotech, and DevOps professionals supporting life sciences organizations using AWS for data-intensive workloads.
Yes. AWS HealthOmics supports compliance with regulatory standards such as GxP and HIPAA. It offers encryption, access control, and audit capabilities that help biotech and pharmaceutical organizations meet strict data governance requirements.
Unlike traditional EC2-based pipelines, AWS HealthOmics simplifies pipeline orchestration and automates infrastructure provisioning. It integrates storage, compute, and data access controls into one managed service optimized for omics data.
PTP provides end-to-end support for AWS HealthOmics adoption — including architecture, pipeline migration, security configuration, and compliance readiness — tailored for biotech and research teams accelerating data science in the cloud.