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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Jay D. Aronson, Ph.D.
Professor and Director of the Center for Human Rights Science
Institution: Carnegie Mellon University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- forensic DNA
- Human Rights
- race and genetics
- dna forensic databanking
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Ayca Atabey
PhD researcher
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- consumer protection
- genetic privacy law
- Online Consumer Protection Act
- data privacy
- consumer privacy
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Kara Ayers, PhD
Associate Professor
Institution: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- disability and reproductive rights
- Disability ethics
- Parenting Education
- Disability rights
- Disability studies
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Marilyn S Baffoe-Bonnie, MA, MBE
PhD Candidate and Predoctoral Fellow
Institution: Rutgers University and NIH/NHGRI
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Medical Sociology
- Bioethics
- Science and technology studies
- Gene therapy and gene editing
- Health Disparities
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Laura M. Beskow, M.P.H, Ph.D.
Ann Geddes Stahlman Chair in Medical Ethics, Professor of Health Policy
Institution: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Human Research Protections
- Informed Consent
- Research Recruitment
- Biobanking
- Pragmatic Trials
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Michael D. Bess, Ph.D.
Chancellor’s Professor of History, Professor of Communication of Science and Technology, Professor of European Studies
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Human bioenhancement technologies
- Ethics of advanced AI
- Global catastrophic risks
- Global democratic governance
- Collective military security
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Marianna J. Bledsoe, M.A.
Independent Consultant; Deputy Editor
Institution: Biopreservation and Biobanking
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Biobanking
- Research Ethics
- Science Policy
- Secondary research use of data and biospecimens
- genomic data sharing
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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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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
Show more- Literature and genetics
- Film, television, and genetics
- Medical humanities
- genetic privacy
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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