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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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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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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Felicity K. Boardman, PhD
Professor of Social Science in Medicine & Genomics
Institution: University of Warwick
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- expanded carrier screening
- social stigma
- disability
- Personal Identity
- selective termination
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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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Gemme M Campbell-Salome, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institution: Geisinger
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Health Communication
- family communication
- Genomic medicine
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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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Maya H. Doyle, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
Institution: Quinnpiac University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Social Work
- Rare Diseases
- children and adolescent/pediatrics
- burden of illness
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Gail E. Henderson, Ph.D., M.A.
Professor of Social Medicine in the School of Medicine and adjunct professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Decision-making processes for early phase clinical research participants
- Genomic screening for healthy populations
- Ethical and organizational issues in biobanking