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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Genevieve P. Kanter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Economics
- health care policy
- Biomedical Technology
- Pharmacogenetics

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

Bashar Malkawi, LLM, SJD
Global Professor of Practice
Institution: University of Arizona
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- intellectual property rights
- Genetic Patents|\Law
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- Big Data Methods

Kathryn A. Phillips, Ph.D.
Professor of Health Economics and Health Services Research and Founding Director, UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Personalized Medicine (TRANSPERS)
Institution: UCSF
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- economic evaluation
- genomic policy
- access to health insurance
- Genomic medicine implementation
- clinical decision-making

Hadley S. Smith, Ph.D., M.P.S.A.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Health Policy
Institution: Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Genomic Sequencing
- Outcome measurement
- Utility assessment
- public health genomics
- Cascade screening