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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Emily H. Barron, M.A.
PhD Student
Institution: Northwestern University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Brain
- Neural Pathways
- Public Health
- Epigenetics
- Evolution

Alison Bateman-House, PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Profesor of Medical Ethics
Institution: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- gene therapy
- Bioethics
- Research Ethics
- Clinical Trials
- Pharmaceutical ethics

Katherine Bates, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Institution: United States Air Force Academy
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Development
- biology education
- developmental genetics

Jada Benn Torres, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Biological Anthropology
- race and genetics
- DNA ancestry testing
- Research on Women
- Caribbean region

Alina M Bennett, MA, MPH, PhD
Regional Ethicist
Institution: Kaiser Permanente, Northern California Region
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Clinical Ethics
- Medical humanities
- public health ethics
- Medical Education
- Correctional healthcare

Ben Berkman, JD, MPH
Faculty
Institution: NIH Department of Bioethics
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- ethics of prenatal testing
- individual research results
- Ethical and Legal Issues

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
- Human Research Protections
- Informed Consent
- Research Recruitment
- Biobanking
- Pragmatic Trials

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
- Human bioenhancement technologies
- Ethics of advanced AI
- Global catastrophic risks
- Global democratic governance
- Collective military security

Jessica W. Blanchard, PhD
Researcher
Institution: Center for the Ethics of Indigenous Genomic Research, University of Oklahoma
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- ELSI
- Indigenous Communities
- Community Engagement
- Anthropology

Marianna J. Bledsoe, M.A.
Independent Consultant; Deputy Editor
Institution: Biopreservation and Biobanking
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Biobanking
- Research Ethics
- Science Policy
- Secondary research use of data and biospecimens
- genomic data sharing