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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Join DirectoryJulie Cakici, BA, BSN, Pre-Doctoral Candidate in Public Health
Graduate Student Researcher
Institution: University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Consent for Genomic Testing
- Infant, Newborn
- Pediatric bioethics
- ELSI Genomics
- Ethical and organizational issues in biobanking

Subhashini Chandrasekharan, Ph.D.
Health Scientist Administrator
Institution: NIH
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Research Ethics
- precision medicine
- Digital health
- Intellectual Property

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

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

Samantha Goold
Genetic Counseling Student
Institution: UCLA
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Genetic Counseling

Liza-Marie Johnson, MD, MPH, MSB
Physician Ethicist
Institution: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Informed Consent
- Pediatric bioethics
- Consent for Genomic Testing
- Pediatric Research
- Best practices for clinical and research ethics consultation

Tara A. Lavelle, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institution: Tufts Medical Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- cost effective analysis
- Patient Preferences
- Cost Analysis
- Decision Modeling

Brittany M. Lee, MD
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow and Clinical Bioethics Fellow
Institution: Seattle Children's Hospital / University of Washington
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Oncology
- Pediatrics
- Bioethics
- cancer genetics
- Patient–provider communication

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

Camille Nebeker, EdD, M.S.
Associate Professor
Institution: University of California, San Diego
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Research Ethics