Gil S. Omenn is Member-Community Preventive Services Task Force at Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Member of National Academy of Medicine (United States), Member of Association of American Physicians and Vice President at Human Proteome Organization and on the board of 10 other companies.

In his past career he occupied the position of Chief Executive Officer of University of Miami Health System, Associate Director at Office of Management & Budget, Associate Director at White House Office of Science & Technology Policy, Advisor at Arboretum Ventures LLC, Chairman of tranSMART Foundation, Member-Scientific Management Review at National Institutes of Health, Associate Director at Office of Science & Technology Policy, Member of American College of Physicians, Inc., Chief Executive Officer of Michigan Medicine, President for American Association for the Advancement of Science, Executive VP-Medical Affairs & Professor at the University of Michigan, Professor at the University of Washington, Affiliate Faculty at Institute for Systems Biology, Council Member at National Academy of Medicine (United States) and Member of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Gil S. Omenn received a doctorate from the University of Washington, a doctorate from Harvard Medical School and an undergraduate degree from Princeton University.