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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Alison Bateman-House, PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Profesor of Medical Ethics
Institution: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- gene therapy
- Bioethics
- Research Ethics
- Clinical Trials
- Pharmaceutical ethics

Laura M. Beskow, M.P.H, Ph.D.
Ann Geddes Stahlman Chair in Medical Ethics, Professor of Health Policy
Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Human Research Protections
- Informed Consent
- Research Recruitment
- Biobanking
- Pragmatic Trials

Jessica W Blanchard, PhD
Researcher
Institution: Center for the Ethics of Indigenous Genomic Research, University of Oklahoma
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- ELSI
- Indigenous Communities
- Community Engagement
- Anthropology

Marianna J. Bledsoe, M.A.
Independent Consultant; Deputy Editor
Institution: Biopreservation and Biobanking
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Biobanking
- Research Ethics
- Science Policy
- Secondary research use of data and biospecimens
- genomic data sharing

Shawneequa Callier, JD, MA
Associate Professor
Institution: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- race and genetics
- Ethics of precision medicine
- Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI)

Carolyn Riley Chapman, Ph.D., M.S.
Faculty Affiliate
Institution: Division of Medical Ethics NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- bioethics

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

Rafael D. Escandon, DrPH, PhD, MPH
Principal and Founder
Institution: DGBI Consulting, LLC
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Clinical Trials
- Clinical Research
- Clinical research ethics
- gene therapy
- Pediatric bioethics

Stephanie M. Fullerton, DPhil
Professor, Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington
Institution: University of Washington
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Health Equity
- precision medicine
- Data Governance
- Biobanking
- Stakeholder Engagement

Cara L. Hunt, MA
Research Associate and Project Manager, Pediatric Gene Therapy and Medical Ethics Working Group (PGTME)
Institution: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- gene therapy
- Clinical Trials
- Pediatric Research