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
Show more- Medical Anthropology
- ELSI Genomics
- Community Engagement
- implementation science
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Emily H. Barron, M.A.
PhD Student
Institution: Northwestern University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Brain
- Neural Pathways
- Public Health
- Epigenetics
- Evolution
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Alison Bateman-House, PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Profesor of Medical Ethics
Institution: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- gene therapy
- Bioethics
- Research Ethics
- Clinical Trials
- Pharmaceutical ethics
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Jada Benn Torres, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Biological Anthropology
- race and genetics
- DNA ancestry testing
- Research on Women
- Caribbean region
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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
Show more- Human Research Protections
- Informed Consent
- Research Recruitment
- Biobanking
- Pragmatic Trials
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Jessica W. Blanchard, PhD
Researcher
Institution: Center for the Ethics of Indigenous Genomic Research, University of Oklahoma
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- ELSI
- Indigenous Communities
- Community Engagement
- Anthropology
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Marianna J. Bledsoe, M.A.
Independent Consultant; Deputy Editor
Institution: Biopreservation and Biobanking
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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- Research Ethics
- Science Policy
- Secondary research use of data and biospecimens
- genomic data sharing
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Julia EH Brown, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioethics and Innovative Technologies
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Psychiatry
- Medical Anthropology
- genomic data sharing
- Psychosocial Influences
- health disparities
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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
Show more- Social impact of decoding the human genome
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Gender politics
- Genetic testing in Latin America
- Neurogenetic testing
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Erin E. Burke, PhD
Associate Director
Institution: Variant Bio, Inc.
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Biological Anthropology
- benefit sharing
- ethical engagement
- Reproduction / Reproductive Technologies