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

Jorge L. Contreras, J.D., BSEE, B.A.
Presidential Scholar and Professor of Law
Institution: University of Utah
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Intellectual Property
- genomic data sharing policy
- data standards
- patents
- knowledge commons

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

Julia Gimbernat-Mayol, MEng
Bioinformatics Scientist
Institution: Illumina
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- statistical genetics
- Race and Ethnicity

Aaron J. Goldenberg, PhD MPH
Professor and Vice Chair
Institution: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Bioethics
- Public Health
- Ethics of precision medicine
- Newborn screening
- Health Disparities

Catherine Hammack-Aviran, MA, JD
Core Faculty, Center for Biomedical Ethics & Society
Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Bioethics
- Death
- Medical law
- Research Ethics
- Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI)

Nora B Henrikson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Investigator
Institution: Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Consent
- Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI)
- Behavioral and Social Science
- Epidemiology
- Cascade screening

Meghan Kosowski, BA, Ethics
Graduate Student, Bioethics
Institution: University of Louisville
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Ethics

Mary A. Majumder, JD, PhD
Professor
Institution: Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Access To Health Care
- genomic data sharing policy
- Social Justice
- Human subjects research regulations