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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Carole H. Browner, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Distinguished Research Professor, Center for Culture and Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior; the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Women’s Studies
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Social impact of decoding the human genome
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Gender politics
- Genetic testing in Latin America
- Neurogenetic testing
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Gemme M Campbell-Salome, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institution: Geisinger
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Health Communication
- family communication
- Genomic medicine
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Kurt D. Christensen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Population Medicine
Institution: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute and Harvard Medical School
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- genetic predisposition
- General Population
- economic impact
- Health behavior change
- Alzheimer disease
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Sarah P. Chu, MS, MS
Sr. Advisor on Forensic Science Policy, Innocence Project
Institution: John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY Graduate Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Criminal Justice
- Forensic Sciences
- science and society
- U.S. science and technology policy
- Government Regulation
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Simon A. Cole, Ph.D.
Professor of Criminology, Law and Society
Institution: University of California, Irvine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Crime
- Determinism
- Forensic
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Rosemarie Garland-Thomson , PhD
Professor emerita of English and bioethics
Institution: Emory University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Bioethical Issues
- Health and healthcare inequalities
- Disability Bioethics
- Healthcare Ethics
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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
Show more- Cancer prevention/screening
- Nutrition/food environments
- Skin cancer
- Health Disparities
- Community-engaged research
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Nora B Henrikson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Investigator
Institution: Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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- Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI)
- Behavioral and Social Science
- Epidemiology
- Cascade screening
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Sara J. Knight, PhD
Professor
Institution: University of Utah
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Clinical Psychology
- Health Services Research
- Behavioral and Social Science
- Patient Preferences
- Health Equity
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Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Epidemiology
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- obstetric outcomes
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Prenatal care
- clinical decision-making
- health disparities