Members of the ELSI Scholar Directory are scholars and trainees with an interest in research on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genetics and genomics. You may contact members to organize collaborative projects or working groups, share speaking opportunities, solicit expert commentary, obtain advice on policy or legislation, network, and arrange mentor/mentee relationships.
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Clement A. Adebamowo, Sc.D., B.M., Ch.B. Honors
Associate Director, (Population Science), and Director For Global Health Cancer Research/Research Scientist
Institution: University of Maryland School of Medicine and Center for Bioethics and Research, Nigeria
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Cancer
- Genomics
- Research Ethics

Russ B. Altman, M.D.
Kenneth Fong Professor of Bioengineering, of Genetics, of Medicine, of Biomedical Data Science, past chairman of the Bioengineering Department at Stanford University
Institution: Stanford University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Pharmacology
- Artificial intelligence
- Biomedical informatics
- Data science
- Bioengineering Ethics

Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D.
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Law, and Director, Center for Law, Ethics and Psychiatry at Columbia
Institution: Columbia University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- ELSI of neuropsychiatric genetics
- Return of genetic results
- Ethics of precision medicine
- Ethics of variant reinterpretation
- Consent for genetic testing

Robert A. Aronowitz, M.D.
Walter H. and Leonore C. Annenberg Professor in the Social Sciences and chair, History and Sociology of Science, at the University of Pennsylvania
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- History of disease
- Epidemiology
- Health Policy
- Risk
- Cancer

Don Bailey, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow
Institution: RTI International
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Newborn screening
- Disability studies
- Families

Alison Bateman-House, PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Profesor of Medical Ethics
Institution: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- gene therapy
- Bioethics
- Improve Access

Laura M. Beskow, M.P.H, Ph.D.
Ann Geddes Stahlman Chair in Medical Ethics, Professor of Health Policy
Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Human Research Protections
- Informed Consent
- Research Recruitment
- Biobanking
- Pragmatic Trials

Michael D. Bess, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor of History, Professor of Communication of Science and Technology, Professor of European Studies
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Human bioenhancement technologies
- Ethics of advanced AI
- Global catastrophic risks
- Global democratic governance
- Collective military security

Marianna J. Bledsoe, M.A.
Independent Consultant; Deputy Editor
Institution: Biopreservation and Biobanking
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Biobanking
- Research Ethics
- Science Policy
- Secondary research use of data and biospecimens
- genomic data sharing

Cinnamon S. Bloss, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institution: University of California San Diego
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Direct-to-consumer genomics
- scale development
- Psychological assessment