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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Jenny Reardon, B.A., B.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology, Director of the Science and Justice Research Center
Institution: UC Santa Cruz
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Race
- Justice
- Science
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Dorothy E. Roberts, JD
George A. Weiss University Professor of Law & Sociology
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- race and genetics
- Socio-cultural meanings of genomics
- Discrimination
- health disparities
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Wendy D. Roth, PhD
Professor of Sociology
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- genetic ancestry testing
- race and genetics
- Immigration
- Population descriptors, genomics, genetics, race, ethnicity,
- Race and Ethnicity
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Sebastian Sattler, M.A., Dr.
Postdoctoral researcher/Lecturer
Institution: Faculty of Sociology, Bielefeld University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- biotechnology
- cognitive enhancement
- Quantitative data analysis
- Medical Sociology
- Vignette experiments
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Will Schupmann, MA
PhD Student
Institution: UCLA
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- nondirective counseling
- Variants of Uncertain Significance
- Right Not To Know
- Return of results & incidental/secondary findings
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Janet K. Shim, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology & Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UCSF
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Medical Sociology
- Health and healthcare inequalities
- Science and technology studies
- Qualitative Methods
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Daniel Thiel, Ph.D., M.A.
Doctoral Candidate
Institution: University of Michigan
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- ELSI of gene-editing
- Biobanking
- Public attitudes towards genomics
- Legacy and social media discourse on genomics
- Socio-cultural meanings of genomics
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Alexandra K Torrez
Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow
Institution: University of Virginia
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Race
- Admixture
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Alexis Walker, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Institution: Columbia University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Critical Studies of Health and Finance
- Ethics and Genomics
- Race and Gender in Science and Medicine
- Ethics and Private Sector Healthcare Actors
- Politics of Global Health
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Robbee Wedow, PhD
Professor of Sociology and Data Science
Institution: Purdue University; Indiana University School of Medicine; AnalytiXIN; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Sociology
- Behavioral Genetics
- Sociogenomics
- statistical genetics
- Demography