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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Don Bailey, Ph.D.
Distinguished Fellow
Institution: RTI International
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Newborn screening
- Disability studies
- Families

Cinnamon S. Bloss, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institution: University of California San Diego
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Direct-to-consumer genomics
- scale development
- Psychological assessment

Natasha Bonhomme
Founder
Institution: Expecting Health
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- family communication
- ELSI Issues in Large-scale Population Cohort Studies
- Newborn screening
- Communication
- prenatal testing

Wendy K. Chung, M.D., Ph.D.
Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics (in Medicine)
Institution: Columbia University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Gene discovery for birth defects
- Neurodevelopmental disorders
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cancer and clinical implementation of genomics

Shoumita Dasgupta, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Institution: Boston University School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- clinician education
- racial equity
- Health Equity
- race and genetics

James M. DuBois, DSc, PhD
Director, Bioethics Research Center; Bander Professor of Medical Ethics
Institution: Washington University in St. Louis
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Bioethics
- data sharing policy
- Informed Consent
- Research integrity
- ELSI

Sara Feldman, MPH, BS
Doctoral Student
Institution: University of Michigan
Contact: sa[email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Alzheimer's disease risk
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Genetic Testing
- Apolipoprotein E (APOE)
- Amyloid beta-Protein

Stephanie M. Fullerton, DPhil
Professor, Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington
Institution: University of Washington
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Health Equity
- precision medicine
- Data Governance
- Biobanking
- Stakeholder Engagement

Tami Gjorgjieva, BS
Predoctoral Fellow
Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research; Geisinger
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Population Genetics
- Polygenic risk scores
- Behavioral and Social Science
- Sociobehavioral genetics

Karen Glanz, Ph.D., M.P.H.
George A. Weiss University Professor
Institution: University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine and School of Nursing
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Cancer prevention/screening
- Nutrition/food environments
- Skin cancer
- Health Disparities
- Community-engaged research