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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Jay D. Aronson, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Center for Human Rights Science
Institution: Carnegie Mellon University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- forensic DNA
- Human Rights
- race and genetics
- dna forensic databanking

Michael D. Bess, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor of History, Professor of Communication of Science and Technology, Professor of European Studies
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Human bioenhancement technologies
- Ethics of advanced AI
- Global catastrophic risks
- Global democratic governance
- Collective military security

Sarah P. Chu, MS, Biology & MS, Epidemiology
Doctoral student in criminal justice (*Currently employed as Sr. Advisor on Forensic Science Policy, Innocence Project*)
Institution: John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Criminal Justice
- Forensic Sciences
- science and society
- U.S. science and technology policy
- Government Regulation

Simon A. Cole, Ph.D.
Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
Institution: University of California, Irvine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Crime
- Determinism
- Forensic

Jorge L. Contreras, J.D., BSEE, B.A.
Presidential Scholar and Professor of Law
Institution: University of Utah
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Intellectual Property
- genomic data sharing policy
- data standards
- patents
- knowledge commons

Melissa Creary, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Michigan
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Health Equity
- Justice
- sickle cell disease
- Trust

James Doucet-Battle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Medical Anthropology
- Science and technology studies
- African genomics
- health disparities
- Bioethics

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

Ilaria Galasso
Postdoctoral Researcher
Institution: University College Dublin
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Science and technology studies
- Health Equity
- precision medicine
- Philosophy
- patient engagement

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