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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Sara L. Ackerman, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Socio-cultural meanings of genomics
- Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Biomedicine
- ELSI Genomics
- community based participatory research
- implementation science

Jessica W Blanchard, PhD
Researcher
Institution: Center for the Ethics of Indigenous Genomic Research, University of Oklahoma
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- ELSI
- Indigenous Communities
- Community Engagement
- Anthropology

Julia EH Brown, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioethics and Innovative Technologies
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Psychiatry
- Medical Anthropology
- genomic data sharing
- Psychosocial Influences
- health disparities

Carole H. Browner, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Distinguished Research Professor, Center for Culture and Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior; the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Women’s Studies
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Social impact of decoding the human genome
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Gender politics
- Genetic testing in Latin America
- Neurogenetic testing

Erin E. Burke, PhD
Associate Director
Institution: Variant Bio, Inc.
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Biological Anthropology
- benefit sharing
- ethical engagement
- Reproduction / Reproductive Technologies

Jean Cadigan, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Medicine
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Research Ethics
- Clinical Ethics
- Biobanking
- Gene Editing

James Doucet-Battle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Medical Anthropology
- Science and technology studies
- African genomics
- health disparities
- Bioethics

Kadija Ferryman, Ph.D.
Industry Assistant Professor
Institution: New York University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- health disparities
- Ethics of precision medicine
- Bioethics
- Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Biomedicine

Keolu Fox, PHD
Assistant Professor
Institution: University California, San Diego
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- next generation sequencing
- genome editing
- Computational Biology
- Evolution
- Indigenous Futurism

Caren J. Frost, PhD, MPH
Research Professor
Institution: University of Utah
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Women's Health
- Qualitative Methods
- responsible conduct of research