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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Felicity K. Boardman, PhD
Professor of Social Science in Medicine & Genomics
Institution: University of Warwick
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- expanded carrier screening
- social stigma
- disability
- Personal Identity
- selective termination

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

Daniah Kareem, Bachelor of Science in Public Health with Concentration in Medicine Sciences
Research Assistant
Institution: UCSD
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Public Health
- Digital health

Erisa S Mwaka, PhD
Associate Professor
Institution: College of Health Sciences, Makerere University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- ELSI Genomics
- Biobank Ethics
- Human subjects research regulations
- Anatomy
- Bone health

Kathryn A. Phillips, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Economics and Health Services Research and Founding Director, UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Personalized Medicine (TRANSPERS)
Institution: UCSF
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- economic evaluation
- genomic policy
- access to health insurance
- Genomic medicine implementation
- clinical decision-making

Loren Saulsberry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Institution: The University of Chicago
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Health Policy
- Health Services Research
- Health Disparities

Matthew J. Stowe, J.D.
Service Line Administrator for Kentucky Neurosciences Institute
Institution: University of Kentucky
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Health care administration and operations
- Disability policy and law
- Software development (product owner)

Ashley S. Thompson
Genetic Counseling Student
Institution: Bay Path University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- hereditary cancer
- clinical genetics

Allison Werner-Lin, PhD, AM, EdM
Associate Professor
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- cancer risk
- Adolescent Development
- Assisted Reproductive Technology
- Family
- Ethics