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The University of Michigan Training Program in ELSI Research, funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Rackham Graduate School, and the Center for Bioethics and Social Sciences in Medicine, seeks to prepare the next generation of ELSI scholars for success as innovative, impactful investigators.

The Penn Postdoctoral Training Program in the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) of Genetics and Genomics is supported by a training grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute. Under the direction of Steven Joffe, M.D., M.P.H., the program prepares young scholars for success as creative, independent investigators in the field of ELSI research.

The Harvard/MGH Center on Genomics, Vulnerable Populations, and Health Disparities is a joint research center between Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital that conducts studies at the intersection of genomics, epidemiology, and health disparities research, with a specific focus on the diseases prevalent in populations currently underserved in the healthcare system.

Charmaine Royal is Director of the Center on Genomics, Race, Identity, Difference (GRID) at the Social Science Research Institute, Duke University. GRID brings together collaborators and partners to explore issues at the intersection of genetics and race and other descent-related identities such as ancestry, ethnicity, tribe, and geographic and national classifications.

The UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics incorporates scientists fully in the process of understanding ethical, legal, and societal impacts of the applications of their genetic and genomic research and is committed to public outreach and education at the interface of society and genetics.

The Institute for Public Health Genetics (IPHG) offers research and training programs that provide the context for discoveries surrounding the impact of genetic and environmental factors on human and population health.

The Center for Public Health and Community Genomics promotes the integration of genomic discoveries into public health practice with emphasis on the ethical, legal, and social issues associated with the application of genomics and public health and the importance of engaging the community at large in the development and implementation of public health genetics programs.

The ELSI program in the Department of Genetics at the University Medical Center Groningen investigates the ethical, economic, psychological, social, and legal implications of genetic technologies, as well as methods of diagnostics, counselling and screening. The goal of the ELSI program is to explore how genetic technologies can be quickly and responsibly to benefit patients and the public. The program also serves to identify any gaps (e.g. financial or legal) in need of addressing before responsible implementation can take place.

The Stanford Training Program in Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Research at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics was established in 2016 with support from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the National Institutes of Health. The goal of the Fellowship in ELSI Research, overseen by Mildred Cho, Ph.D., Fellowship Program Director, is to create independent scholars who can conduct rigorous ELSI research.