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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Sara L. Ackerman, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
Institution: University of California San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Medical Anthropology
- ELSI Genomics
- Community Engagement
- implementation science
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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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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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Alison Bateman-House, PhD, MPH, MA
Assistant Profesor of Medical Ethics
Institution: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- gene therapy
- Bioethics
- Research Ethics
- Clinical Trials
- Pharmaceutical ethics
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Jada Benn Torres, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Biological Anthropology
- race and genetics
- DNA ancestry testing
- Research on Women
- Caribbean region
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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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Jessica W. Blanchard, PhD
Researcher
Institution: Center for the Ethics of Indigenous Genomic Research, University of Oklahoma
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- ELSI
- Indigenous Communities
- Community Engagement
- Anthropology
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Marianna J. Bledsoe, M.A.
Independent Consultant; Deputy Editor
Institution: Biopreservation and Biobanking
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
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- Research Ethics
- Science Policy
- Secondary research use of data and biospecimens
- genomic data sharing
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Julia EH Brown, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioethics and Innovative Technologies
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Psychiatry
- Medical Anthropology
- genomic data sharing
- Psychosocial Influences
- health disparities
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Carole H. Browner, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Distinguished Research Professor, Center for Culture and Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior; the Department of Anthropology, the Department of Women’s Studies
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Show more- Social impact of decoding the human genome
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Gender politics
- Genetic testing in Latin America
- Neurogenetic testing