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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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

Jessica N. Cooke Bailey, PhD, MA
Assistant Professor
Institution: Case Western Reserve University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Primary Open Angle Glaucoma
- race and genetics
- Electronic Health Record

Keolu Fox, PHD
Assistant Professor
Institution: University California, San Diego
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- next generation sequencing
- genome editing
- Computational Biology
- Evolution
- Indigenous Futurism

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

Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka, PhD MPH
co-Director of Research & Evaluation/Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Alaska Anchorage
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Alaska Native/American Indian Health Research
- community based participatory research
- Intellectual Disability
- Developmental Disabilities
- health disparities

Heidi C. Howard, PhD
Senior researcher
Institution: Lund University, Chalmers University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- new technologies
- Genomic Information
- genome editing
- Direct to Consumer Genetic Testing
- Research integrity

Cynthia A. James, ScM, PhD, CGC
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Genetic Counselor
Institution: Johns Hopkins University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Cardiomyopathy genetics
- Counseling Model
- genetic counseling research
- cardiovascular risk factor

Barbara A. Koenig, Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Anthropology & Bioethics
Institution: Program in Bioethics, University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- race and genetics
- Genomic Sequencing
- Deliberative methods
- Qualitative Methods
- Health Policy

Michael D. Linderman
Assistant Professor
Institution: Middlebury College
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- genetics literacy
- Genomic Sequencing
- Bioinformatics
- Personal genomic testing