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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Deborah J. Bowen, Ph.D.
Professor in the Department of Bioethics and Humanities at the University of Washington
Institution: University of Washington
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Behavioral Science
Julie Cakici, BA, BSN, Pre-Doctoral Candidate in Public Health
Graduate Student Researcher
Institution: University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Consent for Genomic Testing
- Infant, Newborn
- Pediatric bioethics
- ELSI Genomics
- Ethical and organizational issues in biobanking

Brian M. Donovan, PhD, MSc, MA
Research Scientist
Institution: BSCS Science Learning
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Genetics education
- human genetics education
- race and genetics
- genetic essentialism

Rafael D. Escandon, DrPH, PhD, MPH
Principal and Founder
Institution: DGBI Consulting, LLC
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Clinical Trials
- Clinical Research
- Clinical research ethics
- gene therapy
- Pediatric bioethics

Margaret E. C. Ginoza
MD/MPH Student
Institution: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Harm Reduction
- Public Health
- Clinical Medicine
- Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI)
- Bioethics

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

Samantha Goold
Genetic Counseling Student
Institution: UCLA
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Genetic Counseling
Elisa J. Gordon, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Professor in the Department of Surgery-Division of Transplantation, Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, and Center for Bioethics & Medical Humanities
Institution: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Transplant ethics
- Informed Consent
- Behavioral interventions
- implementation science
- Health Disparities

Nora B Henrikson, PhD, MPH
Assistant Investigator
Institution: Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Consent
- Ethical Legal and Social Implications (ELSI)
- Behavioral and Social Science
- Epidemiology
- Cascade screening

Vanessa Y. Hiratsuka, PhD MPH
co-Director of Research & Evaluation/Assistant Professor
Institution: University of Alaska Anchorage
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Alaska Native/American Indian Health Research
- community based participatory research
- Intellectual Disability
- Developmental Disabilities
- health disparities