ABOUT ELSI Friday Forum is a monthly one-hour seminar series featuring topics on the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genetics and genomics research.  Join us from 12:00-1:00 pm ET…

Recently, on a panel at a conference of a medical professional society, the president of the society used a racist term that is an ethnic slur used to refer to Asians. The speaker did not publicly…

CERA staff spoke with Ingrid A. Holm, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, in April about two research instruments she deposited into the Research Tools Database on ELSIhub. Dr.…

This digital collection of ELSI-related resources is intended to provide useful information for ELSI trainees and early career scholars. If you would like submit a resource please email [email protected]…

NIH to enhance tribal engagement efforts for precision medicine research: Tribal leaders inform All of Us Research Program’s next steps to include tribal communities 

The Sulston Project is a joint research effort at Arizona State University and Baylor College of Medicine named after John Sulston, the champion of open science who, with Bob Waterston, crafted the…

Emerging technological advances and political shifts have expanded immigration-related DNA applications beyond relationship tests within a family for visa petitions. Several U.S. government programs…

ELSI scholarship is constantly evolving as new technologies raise new ethical challenges and questions. For younger scholars in the field, this presents ample opportunity to explore original topics…