Faculty & Staff

The Center for Integration of Research on Genetics and Ethics (CIRGE) was established at Stanford University in September 2004. It is one of four interdisciplinary Centers of Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) research created by the National Human Genome Research Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, to proactively identify and deliberate ethical, legal and social issues in current and emerging genetic research. CIRGE is based at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, but includes over thirty Stanford University faculty in the fields of genetics, neuroscience, law, history, medicine, radiology, psychiatry, anthropology, and philosophy, among others.

  Contact Interests & Areas of Expertise CIRGE Projects

Principal Investigator

Mildred Cho
SCBE Associate Director,
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Center for Biomedical Ethics

650-725-7993
Research Ethics,
Biology,
Health Policy
BECS, LSSE,
Training & Education

Advisory Board Members

Erik Parens
Associate for Philosophical Studies
The Hastings Center
N/A Philosophy,
Science Policy,
Prenatal Testing
N/A
Donald Kennedy
Editor-in-Chief
Science Magazine
N/A Biology,
Environmental Science
N/A
Alan Leshner
CEO
AAAS
N/A Psychology,
Drug Abuse/Addiction,
Science Policy
N/A
Steve Fodor
Founder, Chairman and CEO
Affymetrix, Inc.
N/A Genetics N/A

Faculty

Atul Butte
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine (Medical Informatics),
Department of Pediatrics

650-723-3465
Biomedical Informatics Disease Classification
LaVera Crawley
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

N/A Population Ethics Training & Education
Marc Feldman
Professor of Biology
Department of Biological Sciences

650-725-1867
Population Genetics
Maren Grainger-Monsen
Senior Research Scholar
Center for Biomedical Ethics

650-498-5386
Filmmaking,
Medicine,
Research Ethics
Documentary Film,
BECS
Hank Greely
Professor of Law
Law School

650-723-2517
Law,
Research Ethics,
Genetics
BECS
Joachim Hallmayer
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

650-724-6573
Neurogenetics,
Psychiatry,
Behavioral Science
Autism Project
Judy Illes
Senior Research Scholar
Center for Biomedical Ethics,
Department of Radiology

650-724-6393
Neuroscience,
Medical Imaging,
Research Ethics
Autism Project
Sandra Soo-Jin Lee
Senior Research Scholar
Center for Biomedical Ethics

N/A Ethics of Pharmacogenomics, Human Genetic Variation  
Helen Longino
Professor of Philosophy,
Department of Philosophy

650-724-9596
Philosophy of Science,
Social Epistemology,
Feminist Philosophy
 
David Magnus
SCBE Director,
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Center for Biomedical Ethics,
Department of Pediatrics & Genetics

650-723-7735
Philosophy,
History of Science,
Research Ethics,
Clinical Ethics
BECS,
Training & Education
Sally Tobin
Senior Research Scholar
Center for Biomedical Ethics

650-725-2663
Genetics,
Genomics,
Education,
Research Ethics
Training & Education
Paul Wise
Professor of Child Health and Society
CHP/PCOR

650-725-5645
Children's Health Policy,
Health Outcome Disparities,
Impact of Medical Technology
Disease Classification

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Teneille Brown   Behavioral Genetics, Law  
Jennifer McCormick

650-724-6641
Biology,
Science Policy,
Research Ethics
BECS, LSSE
Holly Tabor

650-724-4392
Genetics,
Complex Diseases
Autism Project

Research Staff & Assistants

Mariel Bailey
Research Assistant
  BECS, LSSE
Angie Boyce
Project Manager

650-736-0954
Genetics, Public Engagement in Science, Research Ethics BECS, LSSE
Martine Lappé
Research Assistant
N/A
  Autism Project
Nicole Newnham
Producer
  Documentary Film
Mike Seely
Assistant Producer
  Documentary Film
Jennifer Singh
Research Assistant
N/A   Autism Project
Hilary Spencer
Research Assistant
  BMERS