diff --git a/manifests/cheaha_groups.pp b/manifests/cheaha_groups.pp
index 00897bc20644c349a5b68cbe1b8c66326b8fb74a..2db7be43e4512fd8a55b91e9c59017134da825ea 100644
--- a/manifests/cheaha_groups.pp
+++ b/manifests/cheaha_groups.pp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class users::cheaha_groups inherits users::virtual_groups
     Group["math"],
     Group["matts"],
     Group["me"],
+    Group["medgenomics"],
     Group["medicine"],
     Group["medscitp"],
     Group["mhanby"],
diff --git a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
index 0af2fd667733390eb2a36dda2c5cee628ca7a1f1..a4b89a50439efb3a1b7fa04c4983174dba4834ec 100644
--- a/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtual_groups.pp
@@ -443,6 +443,11 @@ class users::virtual_groups
     gid     => "1067",
     ensure  => "present",
   }
+  # Ludwine M Messiaen, lmessiaen@uab.edu, lab: https://www.uab.edu/medicine/genetics/medical-genomics-laboratory
+  @group { "medgenomics":
+    gid     => "1068",
+    ensure  => "present",
+  }
   # SSG users, kzhang uid and gid should eventually be changed to a larger number, too close to the base group numbers
   @group { "kzhang":
     gid     => "1117",