ELSI Research Network

Please use the list below in your future projects. To make corrections to your entry on this list or to see yourself listed on this page, please email Lindsay Zausmer,(lzausmer@umich.edu).

Aimin Zhang
Contact Email: 

aiminz@umich.edu

School and Department: 
School of Public Health, Dept. Environmental Health Science
ELSI Interests: 

Gene, epigentics, gene environment interaction, cardiovascular diseases

Ann Hoffman
Contact Email: 

yeagera@umich.edu

School and Department: 
School of Public Health - Environmental Health Sciences
ELSI Interests: 

security of personal genetic data, public policy implications of genetic technology, genetics/ethics

David Shalowitz
Divya Pamnani
Contact Email: 

divyavp@umich.edu

School and Department: 
Health Management and Policy
ELSI Interests: 

bioethics

Dorene Markel
Contact Email: 

markel@umich.edu

School and Department: 
Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research
ELSI Interests: 

Genetic Testing and Treatment Issues
Clinical and Translational Research and Education Issues

Ed Goldman
Contact Email: 

egoldman@med.umich.edu

School and Department: 
Medical School Dept. of ObGyn
ELSI Interests: 

Legal and ethical aspects of embryonic stem cell research.
Newborn screening biobanks.
Reproductive medicine.

Giovanna Guerrero
Contact Email: 

giovanna.guerrero@gmail.com

School and Department: 
Van Andel Research Institute
ELSI Interests: 

implications of genetic tehcnologies, health disparities, informed consent, many others...

Khaled Bouri
Contact Email: 

khaled.bouri@fda.hhs.gov

School and Department: 
FDA
ELSI Interests: 

DTC genetic testing

Kirk J. Brower
Contact Email: 

kbrower@umich.edu

School and Department: 
Medical School, Psychiatry
ELSI Interests: 

Genetics of Sleep and Addiction

Maria C. Katapodi
Contact Email: 

mkatapo@umich.edu

School and Department: 
School of Nursing, Division I
ELSI Interests: 

breast and ovarian cancer, family implications, communication, psychosocial issues

Nicole Exe
Contact Email: 

nexe@umich.edu

School and Department: 
Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine
ELSI Interests: 

Public and Community Engagement in ELSI, Implications for Public Health

Patrick Gipson
Contact Email: 

pgipson@umich.edu

School and Department: 
Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Nephrology
ELSI Interests: 

Genetic testing and its implications in inherited kidney diseases

Toby Jayaratne
Contact Email: 

tjayarat@umich.edu

School and Department: 
HBHE, School of Public Health
ELSI Interests: 

Social, political and public health implications of lay genetic explanations for human characteristics and diseases; genetic literacy; media reporting of genetic research