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

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
- History of disease
- Epidemiology
- Health Policy
- Risk
- Cancer

Katharine P. Callahan, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ethical Legal and Social Implications of Genetics and Genomics
Institution: CHOP, University of Pennsylvania
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Neonatology
- Bioethics
- ELSI Genomics

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

Raymond G. De Vries, Ph.D.
Associate Director at the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine at the University of Michigan and is a Professor in the Department of Learning Health Sciences and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Institution: University of Michigan
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Sociology of ELSI
- Deliberative methods
- Public attitudes re: genomic science and policy
- Research integrity

Maya H. Doyle, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
Institution: Quinnpiac University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Social Work
- Rare Diseases
- children and adolescent/pediatrics
- burden of illness

Ruth A. Etzel, M.D., Ph.D.
Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Institution: George Washington University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Toxins
- Suppressed Research
- Ethical issues for child health research
- Alaska Native research

Margaret E. C. Ginoza
MD/MPH Student
Institution: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Harm Reduction
- Public Health
- Clinical Medicine
- Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI)
- Bioethics

Gigi K. Gronvall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institution: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Biosecurity
- Biosafety
- Synthetic Biology
- citizen science
- Nonproliferation

Steven Joffe, M.D., M.P.H
Art and Ilene Penn Professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy; Professor of Pediatrics
Institution: University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Research Ethics
- Pediatric bioethics
- ELSI Genomics
- Science Policy