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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Deborah J. Bowen, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington
Institution: University of Washington
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Behavioral Science

Gretchen A. Case, PhD, MA
Associate Professor (lecturer)
Institution: University of Utah School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- arts-based methods
- Medical humanities
- Arts
- Disability studies
- Performance studies

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

Jay Clayton, Ph.D.
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor, Department of English and Director, Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Literature and genetics
- Film, television, and genetics
- Medical humanities
- genetic privacy

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

Lesley O Larkin, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Institution: Northern Michigan University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Race and Gender in Science and Medicine
- Literature and genetics
- literary studies

Stephen G. Post, Ph.D.
Founding Director, Center for Medical HUmanities, Compassionate Care & BIoethics
Institution: Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Bioethics
- Dementia

Sahotra Sarkar, Ph.D.
Professor
Institution: University of Texas
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Philosophy
- Eugenics
- CRISPR
- race and genetics
- neglected tropical diseases

Sophie L. Schott
Research Assistant, Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School
Institution: The University of Texas at Austin
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Bioethics
- Bioethics History
- medical history
- Medical humanities

Jack Smith
Attorney
Institution: Law Office
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- medical ethics
- Medical humanities