ELSI Funded Principal Investigators


  1. Anderson, Gwen
    Division of Social Science Ethics and Law, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
    NIH Grant Title: Genetics in Nursing Literature and Continuing Education

  2. Andrews, Lori B.
    Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Institute of Technology
    NIH Grant Title: Conceptual Frameworks for Genetics Policy

  3. Arar, Nedal
    Cellular and Structural Biology
    San Antonio, Texas
    NIH Grant Title: Beliefs and Attitudes Towards Hereditary Prostate Cancer

  4. Aronowitz, Robert
    Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center
    NIH Grant Title: History of Breast Cancer Risk, 1900-Present

  5. Asch, David A.
    Center for Bioethics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    NIH Grant Title: How Much Information about the Risk of Cystic Fibrosis Do Couples Want to Know?
    NIH Grant Title: Prescriptive Decision Modeling for Cystic Fibrosis Screening

  6. Bassett, Susan
    Johns Hopkins Univ School of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: Perceptions of Risk and Genetic Testing for AD

  7. Biesecker, Barbara Bowles
    National Society of Genetic Counselors (NSGC)
    NIH Grant Title: A Conference on Human Genome Research Implications
    Medical Genetics Branch, NCHGR
    NIH Grant Title: Outcomes of Education and Counseling for BRCA1 Testing

  8. Blumenthal, David
    Massachusetts General Hospital
    NIH Grant Title: Academic-Industry Relationships in Genetics
    NIH Grant Title: Data-Sharing and Data-Withholding in Genetics Research

  9. Botkin, Jeffrey R.
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah
    NIH Grant Title: Behavioral and Psychosocial Effects of BRCA1 Testing
    NIH Grant Title: Genetic Testing and Screening for Mental Health Disorders
    NIH Grant Title: Ensuring Confidentiality in the Publication of Pedigrees
    NIH Grant Title: Utah Center for Human Genome Research Genesis/ELSI Core (with Raymond F. Gesteland)

  10. Bowen, Deborah (former PI: Wylie Burke)
    Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
    NIH Grant Title: Counseling Strategies for Breast Cancer Risk
    NIH Grant Title: Counseling Strategies for Breast Cancer Risk

  11. Brown, R. Steven
    The Council of State
    NIH Grant Title: Governments State Governments and the Human Genome Project

  12. Browner, Carole H.
    Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: Use of Amniocentesis by Mexicans and Mexican Americans

  13. Buchanan, Allen E.
    University of Wisconsin
    NIH Grant Title: The Human Genome Initiative and Limits of Ethical Theory

  14. Bulger, Ruth
    National Academy of Sciences
    NIH Grant Title: Predicting Future Disease: Issues in the Development, Application, and Use of Tests for Genetic Disorders

  15. Burhansstipanov, Linda
    Native American Cancer Initiatives, Inc
    NIH Grant Title: Genetic Education for Native Americans

  16. Burke, Wylie
    University of Washington
    NIH Grant Title: Genetic Susceptibility Testing for Breast Cancer
    NIH Grant Title: Guiding Clinicians in Genetic Assessment of Cancer Risk

  17. Burns, Joan and Mary Davidson
    Alliance of Genetic Support Groups
    NIH Grant Title: Partnership for Genetic Services

  18. Callahan, Daniel
    The Hastings Center
    NIH Grant Title: Ethical Priorities in for Clinical Uses of Genome Research
    NIH Grant Title: The Genetic Prism: Understanding Health and Responsibility
    NIH Grant Title: Genetic Dilemmas in Primary Care: An Educational Program

  19. Caplan, Arthur L.
    Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania
    NIH Grant Title: Ethics, Values, Professional Responsibilities

  20. Capron, Alexander M.
    University of Southern California Law School
    NIH Grant Title: Genome Mapping: Implications for Health and Life Insurance

  21. Caskey, C. Thomas
    Baylor College of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: National Study Conference on Genetics, Religion, and Ethics

  22. Cassidy, Suzanne
    Case Western Reserve University
    NIH Grant Title: Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Genetic Disorders

  23. Caumartin, Suzanne M.
    University of Michigan
    NIH Grant Title: Public Health Genetics: An Education Model.

  24. Chedd, Graham
    WGBH Educational Foundation
    NIH Grant Title: The Secret of Life

  25. Cho, Mildred
    Center for Bioethics, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
    NIH Grant Title: BRCA1/2 Testing: Patient Uptake and Treatment Choices

  26. Churchill, Larry R.
    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    NIH Grant Title: Research, Treatment and Informed Consent in Gene Therapy

  27. Citrin, Toby
    University of Michigan
    NIH Grant Title: Genome Technology & Reproduction - values & public policy

  28. Clayton, Ellen Wright
    School of Law, Vanderbilt University Medical School
    NIH Grant Title: Families and Carrier Testing for Hemophilia A

  29. Codori, Anne-Marie (former PI: Gloria Petersen)
    Johns Hopkins University
    NIH Grant Title: Gene Tests for Colon Cancer Risk: Psychosocial Studies

  30. Coleman, Carl H.
    Health Research, Inc.
    NIH Grant Title: A Model for State Policy on Genetic Testing/Screening

  31. Condit, Celeste M.
    University of Georgia
    NIH Grant Title: An Empirical Study of Change in Public Genetic Discourse"

  32. Conrad, Peter
    Brandeis University
    NIH Grant Title: Genetics and Behavior in the News Media-1945-1995

  33. Cowan, Ruth
    State University of New York
    NIH Grant Title: History of Prenatal Diagnosis

  34. Mary Davidson (Joan Burns and)
    Alliance of Genetic Support Groups
    NIH Grant Title: Partnership for Genetic Services

  35. Daly, Mary B.
    Fox Chase Cancer Center
    NIH Grant Title: Coping with Genetic Risk for Breast and Ovarian Cancer

  36. Desnick, Robert J.
    Mount Sinai School of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: Genetic Testing in the Ashkenazi Jewish Population

  37. Duster,Troy S.
    Department of Sociology, University of California at Berkeley
    NIH Grant Title: Pathways to Genetic Screening: Patient Knowledge - Patient Practices

  38. Elgin, Sarah
    Washington University
    NIH Grant Title: Two Units: Molecular Genetics and Environmental Chemistry"

  39. Elias,Sherman
    Univ. of Tennessee and Boston University
    NIH Grant Title: Human Genome Workshop: Ethics, Law and Social Policy

  40. Eunpu, Deborah
    Albert Einstein Medical Center
    NIH Grant Title: The Human Genome Project: a Public Forum

  41. Faden, Ruth R.
    Department of Health Policy and Management, John Hopkins School of Hygiene
    NIH Grant Title: Confidentiality, Privacy & Insurance

  42. Fader, Betsy
    Student Pugwash, USA
    NIH Grant Title: Visions for a Sustainable World: Science, Technology, and Social Responsibility

  43. Fanos, Joanna
    California Pacific Medical Center
    NIH Grant Title: Perception of Carrier Status by Cystic Fibrosis Siblings

  44. Fine, Beth A.
    Northwestern University
    NIH Grant Title: Genetic Counselors as Educators on Human Genome Issues

  45. Fletcher, John C.
    University of Virginia
    NIH Grant Title: Preparing for the New Genetics: Education of Professionals

  46. Flick, Bonnie
    Primary Children's Medical Center
    NIH Grant Title: Psychological Impact of Parental Genetic Testing on Adolescent Girls

  47. Foster, Morris W.
    University of Oklahoma
    NIH Grant Title: ELSI Research in Two Native American Communities

  48. Garber, Judy E.
    Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    NIH Grant Title: A Predictive Testing Program for P53 Mutations in LFS
    NIH Grant Title: Dissemination of a BRCA1 Predisposition Testing Program

  49. Geller, Gail
    Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: Minors At-Risk ofFuture Disease: Their Role in Research
    NIH Grant Title: Prenatal Genetic Testing-Provider-Patient Communication
    NIH Grant Title: Publicizing Genetic Discoveries: The Impact of the Media
    NIH Grant Title: A Model Informed Consent Process for BRCA1 Testing

  50. Gert, Bernard
    Department of Philosophy, Dartmouth College
    NIH Grant Title: Ethical and Legal Studies Relating to the Program to Map and Sequence The Human Genome

  51. Gesteland, Raymond F. and Jeffery Botkin
    University of Utah
    NIH Grant Title: Utah Center for Human Genome Research Genesis/ELSI Core

  52. Glanz, Karen
    University of Hawaii
    NIH Grant Title: Genetic Testing for Colon Cancer in Multiethnic Hawaii

  53. Goldstein, Doris
    Georgetown University
    NIH Grant Title: Strategies for Documentation of Research on the Human Genome

  54. Gostin, Lawrence
    Georgetown University
    NIH Grant Title: Genetics Legislation: Syntax, Science and Policy

  55. Graber, Glenn
    Department of Philosophy , University of Tennessee, at Knoxville
    NIH Grant Title: Societal Impact of Human Genetic Engineering

  56. Green, Michael J.
    Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center
    NIH Grant Title: Breast Cancer Gene Education-Computer vs Practitioner

  57. Green, Ronald M.
    Institute for the Study of Applied and Professional Ethics, Dartmouth College
    NIH Grant Title: Implications of Genome Research: A Model College Course

  58. Gregg, Robin
    Shriver Center for Mental Retardation
    NIH Grant Title: Genetics, Ethics, and Choice: A Qualitative Study

  59. Gribble, James
    Research Triangle Institute
    NIH Grant Title: Evaluating Informed Consent in BRCA1/2 Screening

  60. Gritz, Ellen
    UTMD Anderson Cancer Center
    NIH Grant Title: Psychosocial Aspects of Genetic Testing for HNPCC

  61. Grody, Wayne
    UCLA School of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: Cystic Fibrosis Mutation Screening and Counseling

  62. Guttmacher, Alan
    University of Vermont
    NIH Grant Title: Community Genetics and Ethics Projects

  63. Haddow, Paula
    Foundation for Blood Research
    NIH Grant Title: Update and Dramatization of a Genetics Curriculum

  64. Hadley, Don
    National Center for Human Genome Research and National Cancer Institute, NIH
    NIH Grant Title: Outcomes for Education and Counseling for HNPCC Testing

  65. Hall, Mark A.
    Bowman Gray School of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: Effects of Restricting Insurers' Use of Genetic Info

  66. Hammond, Keith B.
    University of Colorado
    NIH Grant Title: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases 4th International Conference on Newborn Screening for C.F.

  67. Heath, Deborah A.
    Lewis and Clark College
    NIH Grant Title: Mapping Genetic Knowledge: An Anthropological Study

  68. Hilgartner, Stephen
    Columbia University
    NIH Grant Title: Agenda-Setting in the Human Genome Initiative
    NIH Grant Title: Organizing the HGI: Social Impact and Technology Design

  69. Hoffmann, Lance
    George Washington University
    Washington, DC
    NIH Grant Title: 2nd Annual Conference on Computers, Freedom, and Privacy

  70. Holmes, Helen B.
    Ferre Institute, Inc.
    NIH Grant Title: Impact of the HGI on Society: A Women's Studies Approach

  71. Holtzman, Neil A.
    Department of Pediatrics, John Hopkins School of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: Ethical and Legal Issues in the Diffusion of Genetic Tests
    NIH Grant Title: Ethical and Policy Issues in Cystic Fibrosis Screening

  72. Honda, Sandra
    Baylor College of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: The ELSI Electronic Case Book Project

  73. Hood, Leroy Department of Immunology, University of Washington
    NIH Grant Title: Seminar on Ethical and Policy Issues Arising from the Project to Map and Sequence the Human Genome

  74. Jonsen, Albert
    University of Washington School of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: A Paradigm Approach to Ethical Problems in Genetics
    NIH Grant Title: Short Course in Ethics and Genomic Analysis

  75. Juengst, Eric T.
    Center for Biomedical Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
    NIH Grant Title: Anticipating Enhancement: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues

  76. Karajala, Dennis
    Arizona State University
    NIH Grant Title: A Legal Research Agenda for the Human Genome Initiative

  77. Kay, Lily
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    NIH Grant Title: Information and the Transformation of Molecular Biology

  78. Keleher, Cynthia
    Stanford University
    NIH Grant Title: Human Genome Project Education and Outreach
    NIH Grant Title: Human Genome Education Program

  79. Kevles,Daniel J.
    Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, CalTech
    NIH Grant Title: Seminar on Ethical and Policy Issues Arising from the Project to Map and Sequence the Human Genome

  80. King, Mary Claire
    University of California
    NIH Grant Title: Sequencing mtDNA for Human Identification

  81. Knoppers, Bartha
    University of Montreal
    NIH Grant Title: The First International Conference on DNA Sampling & Human Genetic Research: Ethical, Legal and Policy Aspects

  82. Kuppermann, Miriam
    University of California
    NIH Grant Title: Optimizing Prenatal Testing Decision-Making

  83. Laden, Vicki A.
    Stanford University
    NIH Grant Title: Legal Issues in Genetic Discrimination

  84. Lapham, E. Virginia
    Georgetown University
    NIH Grant Title: Human Genome Education Model Program

  85. Lea, Dale
    Foundation for Blood Research
    NIH Grant Title: Practice-Based Genetics Curriculum for Nurse Educators

  86. Lerman, Caryn
    Georgetown University
    NIH Grant Title: Comparing Models of Pre-Test Education for BRCA1 Testing
    NIH Grant Title: Comparing Models of Pre-Test Education for BRCA1 Testing
    NIH Grant Title: Decisions and Outcomes of BRCA1/2 Test for Breast Patients

  87. Lester, Helen
    WNET Thirteen
    NIH Grant Title: Medicine at the Crossroads

  88. Magyari, Trish
    MACRO International, Inc.
    NIH Grant Title: Cystic Fibrosis Carrier Screening Educational Materials

  89. Mahowald, Mary
    University of Chicago
    NIH Grant Title: The Human Genome Project and Women

  90. Maley, Julie
    University of Virginia
    NIH Grant Title: An Educational Ethics Casebook for Genetic Counseling

  91. Markel, Howard
    Johns Hopkins University
    NIH Grant Title: The Stigma of Disease: Implications of Genetic Testing

  92. Mehlman, Maxwell
    Case Western University
    NIH Grant Title: "Access to the Genome: Justice at the Frontier of Science

  93. Meisler, Miriam
    University of Michigan
    NIH Grant Title: Genome Center Education Program

  94. Merz, Jon F.
    University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics
    NIH Grant Title: Informed Consent to DNA Banking for Research

  95. Micklos, David
    Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
    NIH Grant Title: Digital Image Archive on the American Eugenics Movement

  96. Miesfeldt, Susan
    University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
    NIH Grant Title: Attitudes About Hereditary Breast Cancer

  97. Miller, Suzanne M.
    Fox Chase Cancer Center
    NIH Grant Title: Facilitating Well-Informed Decisions for BRCA Testing

  98. Mountcastle-Shah, Elizabeth
    Johns Hopkins Univ School of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: "Social and Policy Issues in Genetic Technology Transfer

  99. Moseley, Ray
    University of Florida
    NIH Grant Title: Insurance Implications of a Complete Human Genome Map

  100. Murray, Jeffrey C.
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: ELSI Core for the Cooperative Human Linkage Center (CHLC)

  101. Murray, Thomas
    Center for Biomedical Ethics, Case Western Reserve University
    NIH Grant Title: The Human Genome Initiative and Access to Health Care

  102. Myers, Richard
    Stanford University
    NIH Grant Title: Human Genome Education Program

  103. Nelkin, Dorothy
    Department of Sociology, New York University
    NIH Grant Title: Human Heredity in American Popular Culture

  104. Offit, Kenneth
    Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
    NIH Grant Title: Impact of Genetic Counseling and Testing for Breast Cancer

  105. Page, David
    Whitehead Institute
    NIH Grant Title: Human Genome Project: Science, Law, and Social Change

  106. Pagon, Roberta
    University of Washington
    NIH Grant Title: Genline: An Electronic Clinical Genetics Knowledge Base

  107. Parens, Erik
    The Hastings Center
    NIH Grant Title: Prenatal Testing for Genetic Disability

  108. Peters, Theodore
    Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
    NIH Grant Title: Theological Questions Raised by the Human Genome Initiative

  109. Petersen, Gloria
    Johns Hopkins University
    NIH Grant Title: Gene Tests for Colon Cancer Risk: Psychosocial Studies

  110. Petrie, Carol (Richard Rau and)
    National Institute of Justice
    NIH Grant Title: DNA Forensics Science: An Update-Supplement

  111. Phillips, John
    Vanderbilt University
    NIH Grant Title: Cystic Fibrosis Screening: An Alternative Paradigm

  112. Post, Stephen G.
    Case Western Reserve University
    NIH Grant Title: Ethics, Genetics and Alzheimer Disease

  113. Press, Nancy A.
    Oregon Health Sciences University
    NIH Grant Title: Family Disclosure of Cancer Risk: An Ethnographic Study

  114. Proctor, Robert
    Penn State University
    NIH Grant Title: Cancer and the Human Genome: Ethical Implications

  115. Prows, Cynthia A.
    Children's Hospital Research Foundation
    NIH Grant Title: Summer Genetics Program for Nursing Faculty

  116. Rau, Richard (and Carol Petrie)
    National Institute of Justice
    NIH Grant Title: DNA Forensics Science: An Update-Supplement

  117. Robertson, John A.
    University of Texas
    NIH Grant Title: The Use of Genetic Information in Reproductive Decisions

  118. Rothman, David J.
    Columbia University
    NIH Grant Title: The Genome Project and Technologies of Enhancement

  119. Rothschild, Joan
    University of Massachusetts
    NIH Grant Title: Science, Technology and the Perfect Child: An Ethics and Values Critique

  120. Rothstein, Mark
    University of Houston
    NIH Grant Title: Legal and Ethical Issues Raised by the Human Genome Project

  121. Rowley, Peter
    University of Rochester
    NIH Grant Title: Testing and Counseling for Cystic Fibrosis Mutations

  122. Samuels, Sheldon W.
    Workplace Health Fund
    NIH Grant Title: Labor Conference on the Workplace and the Human Genome

  123. Sarkar, Sahotra
    Dibner Institute
    NIH Grant Title: Genetic Reductionism-Its Sources and Implications

  124. Saxton, Marsha
    Project on Women and Disability
    NIH Grant Title: Seeking Common Ground: A Forum for People with Disabilities and Genetics Professionals

  125. Scanlon, M. Colleen
    American Nurses Association
    NIH Grant Title: Managing Genetic Information: Policies for US Nurses

  126. Schneider, William
    Indiana University
    NIH Grant Title: Research and Application of Genetics Blood Group: 1900-1950

  127. Short, M. Priscilla
    American Medical Association
    NIH Grant Title: Small Grant Program for Conference Support

  128. Siders, Jane Z.
    University of Southern Mississippi
    NIH Grant Title: Genetic Education for Southeastern States (GenESES)

  129. Singer, Eleanor
    Columbia University
    NIH Grant Title: Technology and Social Change: The Impact of Genetic Forecasting on Attitudes and Values

  130. Smith, David H.
    Indiana University
    NIH Grant Title: Ethical Guidance for Family Studies in Human Genetics

  131. Smith, Edward J.
    Tuskegee University
    NIH Grant Title: Tuskegee Genome Conference

  132. Sorenson, James R.
    Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, UNC Chapel Hill
    NIH Grant Title: An Evaluation of Testing and Counseling for CF Carriers
    NIH Grant Title: Hemophilia 'A' Carrier Testing-Acceptance and Reactions
    NIH Grant Title: An Experimental Study to Improve Risk/Benefit Appraisal

  133. Sorkin, Donna
    Self Help for Hard of Hearing People
    NIH Grant Title: Consumer Conference on Genetics and Hearing Loss Research

  134. Taylor, Kathryn
    Princes Margaret Hospital
    NIH Grant Title: International ELSI Cancer Research Workshop
    NIH Grant Title: Practice Guidelines - Cancer Risk Information Providers
    NIH Grant Title: Cancer Risk Information Providers (CRIP): Phase III

  135. Teich, Albert
    American Association for the Advancement of Science
    NIH Grant Title: Ethical and Legal Implications of Genetic Testing

  136. Texter, Cardie
    Massachusetts Corporation for Educational Telecommunications (MCET)
    NIH Grant Title: The Human Genome Project: Human and Scientific Dimensions

  137. Trottier, Ralph
    Morehouse School of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: Impact of HGP Derived Technology on Genetic Testing, Screening and Counseling: Cultural, Ethical, and Legal Issues

  138. Wachbroit, Robert
    University of Maryland
    NIH Grant Title: Reassessing Health, Normality, and Confidentiality

  139. Walters, LeRoy
    Department of Philosophy, Georgetown University
    NIH Grant Title: National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics
    NIH Grant Title: National Information Resource on Ethics and Human Genetics

  140. Wasserman, David T.
    University of Maryland
    NIH Grant Title: Genetic Factors in Crime-Findings,Uses Implications
    NIH Grant Title: The Impact of DNA Typing on Criminal Investigations

  141. Weir, Robert
    Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa College of Medicine
    NIH Grant Title: ELSI Core for the Cooperative Human Linkage Center (CHLC)

  142. Wertz, Dorothy
    Division of Social Science Ethics and Law, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
    NIH Grant Title: Ethics and Genetics: A Survey of Approaches in the US and Canada
    NIH Grant Title: Geneticists Approach Ethics: An International Survey

  143. Wilker, Daniel
    University of Wisconsin
    NIH Grant Title: Human Genome Research in an Interdependent World

  144. Wilkinson, Susann
    Georgetown University
    NIH Grant Title: Biotechnology and the Diagnosis of Genetic Disease

  145. Zaborsky, Oskar R.
    National Research Council
    NIH Grant Title: An Evaluation of the Application of DNA Technology in Forensic Science

  146. Zallen, Doris
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute
    NIH Grant Title: The Human Genome Project: A Choices and Challenges Forum

  147. Zilinskas, Raymond A.
    University of Maryland
    NIH Grant Title: The Human Genome Project: Reaching the Minority Communities of Maryland