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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Sara L. Ackerman, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Socio-cultural meanings of genomics
- Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Biomedicine
- ELSI Genomics
- community based participatory research
- implementation science

Clement A. Adebamowo, Sc.D., B.M., Ch.B. Honors
Associate Director, (Population Science), and Director For Global Health Cancer Research/Research Scientist
Institution: University of Maryland School of Medicine and Center for Bioethics and Research, Nigeria
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Cancer
- Genomics
- Research Ethics

Jalayne J. Arias, JD, MA
Associate Professor
Institution: Health Policy & Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, Georgia State University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Anti-Discrimination
- Neuroscience
- Alzheimer's disease related dementia
- Aging
- Public Health

Cinnamon S. Bloss, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institution: University of California San Diego
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Direct-to-consumer genomics
- scale development
- Psychological assessment

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

Deborah J. Bowen, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington
Institution: University of Washington
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Behavioral Science

Jada L. Brooks, PhD, MSPH, RN, FAAN
Assistant Professor
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Community Engagement
- Racial Health Disparities

Julia EH Brown, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioethics and Innovative Technologies
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Psychiatry
- Medical Anthropology
- genomic data sharing
- Psychosocial Influences
- health disparities
Julie Cakici, BA, BSN, Pre-Doctoral Candidate in Public Health
Graduate Student Researcher
Institution: University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Consent for Genomic Testing
- Infant, Newborn
- Pediatric bioethics
- ELSI Genomics
- Ethical and organizational issues in biobanking

Ellen W. Clayton, M.D., J.D.
Craig-Weaver Professor of Pediatrics, Professor of Health Policy, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University School of Law
Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Research Ethics
- clinical translation
- law
- Pediatrics
- reproductive rights