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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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
Show more- History of disease
- Epidemiology
- Health Policy
- Risk
- Cancer
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Jay D. Aronson, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Center for Human Rights Science
Institution: Carnegie Mellon University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- forensic DNA
- Human Rights
- race and genetics
- dna forensic databanking
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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
Show more- Human bioenhancement technologies
- Ethics of advanced AI
- Global catastrophic risks
- Global democratic governance
- Collective military security
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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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Bob Cook-Deegan, MD
Professor
Institution: Arizona State University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Human Rights
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Rosemarie Garland-Thomson , PhD
Professor emerita of English and bioethics
Institution: Emory University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Bioethical Issues
- Health and healthcare inequalities
- Disability Bioethics
- Healthcare Ethics
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Tina A. Irvine, Ph.D
Visiting Scholar, Indiana University Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society
Institution: Indiana University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Eugenics
- Race
- genomic history
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Jonathan Kahn, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Law and Biology
Institution: Northeastern University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Race and Ethnicity
- Bioethical Issues
- Genetics and the Law
- pharmacogenomics
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Daniel J. Kevles
Professor Emeritus of History
Institution: Yale University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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- Intellectual Property
- public policy
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Emily Merchant, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institution: University of California, Davis
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- behavioral /social science
- Science and technology studies
- History of science