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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Mohamed Z. Alimohamed, BSc, MSc, PhD
Lecturer
Institution: Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Variant classification
- genetic variant
- genome sequencing
- clinical interpretation
- Genetic Testing

Ayca Atabey
PhD researcher
Institution: University of Edinburgh
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- consumer protection
- genetic privacy law
- Online Consumer Protection Act
- data privacy
- consumer privacy

Alan Aw
Graduate Student Researcher
Institution: UC Berkeley
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- statistical genetics
- statistics

Marilyn S Baffoe-Bonnie, MA, MBE
PhD Candidate and Predoctoral Fellow
Institution: Rutgers University and NIH/NHGRI
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Medical Sociology
- Bioethics
- Science and technology studies
- Gene therapy and gene editing
- Health Disparities

Rachel S. Bailey, ABD, MA
Graduate Student
Institution: University of Georgia
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Rhetoric
- Communication (7354)

Chinmayi Balusu, BA
Master of Public Health Student
Institution: Columbia University
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Neuroethics
- Epidemiology
- Stroke
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Education and Outreach

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

Julia EH Brown, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar in Bioethics and Innovative Technologies
Institution: University of California, San Francisco
Contact: [email protected]
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Psychiatry
- Medical Anthropology
- genomic data sharing
- Psychosocial Influences
- health disparities
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

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