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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Ben Berkman, JD, MPH
Faculty
Institution: NIH Department of Bioethics
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- ethics of prenatal testing
- individual research results
- Ethical and Legal Issues
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Emily S Bonkowski, ScM
Genetic counselor/PhD student
Institution: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital/Univ of Washington
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Pediatric bioethics
- Ethics of precision medicine
- Rare Diseases
- Population screening and public health genomics
- Pediatric Neurology
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R. Alta Charo, JD
Professor Emerita of Law & Bioethics, and Independent Consultant
Institution: University of Wisconsin, and Alta Charo Consulting, LLC
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Bioethics Consultants
- gene/genome editing
- Stem Cell Research
- Assisted Reproductive Technology
- animal genetic modification
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Dena S Davis, JD, PhD
Professor
Institution: Lehigh University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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- Constitutional Law
- Alzheimer disease
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Megan Doerr, MS, LGC
Director, Applied ELSI Research
Institution: Sage Bionetworks
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- ELSI Issues in Large-scale Population Cohort Studies
- Open science
- Informed Consent
- participatory research
- algorithmic harms
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Leslie P. Francis, J.D., Ph.D.
Distinguished Alfred C. Emery Endowed Professor of Law, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Institution: University of Utah
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- data privacy
- Reproductive Freedom
- disability
- access to genetic information
- civil rights law
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Sara Gerke
Assistant Professor of Law
Institution: Penn State Dickinson Law
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Artificial intelligence
- Regulation
- Health law
- Bioethics
- Torts
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Rosario Isasi, J.D., M.P.H
Research Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Institution: Dpt. of Human Genetics University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Genetics and the Law
- Bioethics
- Master of Public Health
- comparative analysis
- ethnic minority population
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Josephine Johnston, LLB(hons), MBHL
Director of Research and Research Scholar at the Hastings Center
Institution: The Hastings Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Genetics
- Reproductive Ethics
- Health Policy
- Science Policy
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Kristina Kekesi-Lafrance, LLB, LLM
Clinical Ethicist
Institution: Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social Services Centre
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic technologies
- Clinical Ethics
- Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy
- Biomedical Ethics