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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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

Alan Aw
Graduate Student Researcher
Institution: UC Berkeley
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- statistical genetics
- statistics

Natasha Bonhomme
Founder
Institution: Expecting Health
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- family communication
- ELSI Issues in Large-scale Population Cohort Studies
- Newborn screening
- Communication
- prenatal 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

Subhashini Chandrasekharan, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Institution: NIH
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Research Ethics
- precision medicine
- Digital health
- Intellectual Property

Sarah P. Chu, MS, Biology & MS, Epidemiology
Doctoral student in criminal justice (*Currently employed as Sr. Advisor on Forensic Science Policy, Innocence Project*)
Institution: John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Criminal Justice
- Forensic Sciences
- science and society
- U.S. science and technology policy
- Government Regulation

Wendy K. Chung, M.D., Ph.D.
Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics (in Medicine)
Institution: Columbia University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Gene discovery for birth defects
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cancer and clinical implementation of genomics

Betty Cohn, MBE
Research Assistant
Institution: Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- direct-to-consumer genetic testing
- Public Health
- Bioethics

Simon A. Cole, Ph.D.
Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
Institution: University of California, Irvine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Crime
- Determinism
- Forensic

Bob Cook-Deegan, MD
Professor
Institution: Arizona State University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Human Rights