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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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

Subhashini Chandrasekharan, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Institution: NIH
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Research Ethics
- precision medicine
- Digital health
- Intellectual Property

Megan Doerr, MS, LGC
Director, Applied ELSI Research
Institution: Sage Bionetworks
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- ELSI Issues in Large-scale Population Cohort Studies
- Open science
- Informed Consent
- participatory research
- algorithmic harms

Karen Glanz, Ph.D., M.P.H.
George A. Weiss University Professor
Institution: University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine and School of Nursing
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Cancer prevention/screening
- Nutrition/food environments
- Skin cancer
- Health Disparities
- Community-engaged research

Gail P. Jarvik, Ph.D., M.D.
Professor and Head, Medicine (Medical Genetics); Professor, Genome Sciences; Adjunct Professor, Epidemiology
Institution: University of Washington Medical Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- statistical genetics
- Complex disease
- Adult Medical Genetics
- Return of results

Dave Kaufman, Ph.D.
Program Director
Institution: NHGRI Division of Genomics and Society
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- clinical implementation
- Data science
- Stakeholder Engagement

Sukh Makhnoon, PhD, MS
Postdoctoral Fellow
Institution: UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Oncology
- Uncertainty
- Adult Medical Genetics
- Health Services Research
- Variants of Uncertain Significance

Stephen T. McGarvey, PhD, MPH
Professor of Epidemiology and Anthropology
Institution: Brown University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- non-communicable disorders
- genetic epidemiology
- low and middle-income countries

Camille Nebeker, EdD, M.S.
Associate Professor
Institution: University of California, San Diego
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Research Ethics

Olorunyomi Felix Olorunsogbon, Master of Public Health(MPH)
Data manager
Institution: University of Ibadan
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Data Analyses
- Manuscripts
- communication behavior