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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Paul S. Appelbaum, M.D.
Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine and Law, and Director, Center for Law, Ethics and Psychiatry at Columbia
Institution: Columbia University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- ELSI of neuropsychiatric genetics
- Return of genetic results
- Ethics of precision medicine
- Ethics of variant reinterpretation
- Consent for genetic testing

Katharine P. Callahan, M.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ethical Legal and Social Implications of Genetics and Genomics
Institution: CHOP, University of Pennsylvania
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Neonatology
- Bioethics
- ELSI Genomics

Ruth A. Etzel, M.D., Ph.D.
Professorial Lecturer in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health
Institution: George Washington University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Toxins
- Suppressed Research
- Ethical issues for child health research
- Alaska Native research

Nanibaa' Garrison, Ph.D.
Associate Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles
Institution: University of California, Los Angeles
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Indigenous Communities
- Community Engagement
- data sovereignty
- precision health

Gigi K. Gronvall, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Institution: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Biosecurity
- Biosafety
- Synthetic Biology
- citizen science
- Nonproliferation

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

Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH
Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Epidemiology
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- obstetric outcomes
- Prenatal Diagnosis
- Prenatal care
- clinical decision-making
- health disparities

Tara A. Lavelle, PhD
Assistant Professor
Institution: Tufts Medical Center
Contact: tlavell[email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- cost effective analysis
- Patient Preferences
- Cost Analysis
- Decision Modeling

Matthew S. Lebowitz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Institution: Columbia University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Behavioral and Social Science
- Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI)
- Stigmatization
- Mental disorders
- Clinical Psychology
Lucas J. Matthews, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research
Institution: Columbia University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Behavioral Genetics
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Philosophy
- Bioethics
- Behavioral and Social Science