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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Carolyn Riley Chapman, Ph.D., M.S.
Faculty Affiliate
Institution: Division of Medical Ethics NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- bioethics

Carlee Dawson, BA
Genetic Counseling Student
Institution: Bay Path University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Genetic Counseling

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

Laura Hercher, MA, MS, CGC
Director of Student Research
Institution: Sarah Lawrence College
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Genetic Counseling
- Bioethics
- Genomic medicine
- Genetic Medicine

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

Jessica A. Moore, BS, MA, DHCE
Associate Professor/Clinical Ethicist
Institution: University of Texas MD Anderson
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Bioethics
- Bioethics Consultants
- children and adolescent/pediatrics
- Spirituality

Ruth Ottman, PhD
Professor of Epidemiology (in Neurology and the Sergievsky Center)
Institution: Columbia University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- genetic epidemiology
- Epilepsy
- ELSI of neuropsychiatric genetics

Aarti Ramdaney, MS, CGC
Prenatal Genetic Counselor
Institution: McGovern Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Abortion
- Non-invasive prenatal screening - NIPT
- Genetic Counseling / Prenatal Diagnosis
- carrier screening

Mark A. Rothstein, J.D.
Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine; Director, Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy & Law, University of Louisville School of Medicine
Institution: University of Louisville
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- genetic nondiscrimination law
- genetic privacy
- public health ethics
- Research Ethics

Katelynn G. Sagaser, MS, CGC
Assistant Professor, Genetic Counselor
Institution: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Genetic Counseling
- Genetic Counseling / Prenatal Diagnosis
- abortion
- Fetal Development
- carrier screening