Active and Recently Completed NIH ELSI Research Projects

Back To:Genome Project Ethics Office Is Achieving New Prominence In National Policy Debates Principal Investigator: David Asch Institution: University of Pennsylvania Project Title: How Much Information About the Risk of Cystic Fibrosis Do Couples Want? (two awards) Project Period: 9/30/91 to 8/31/95 Project Title: Prescriptive Decision Modeling for Cystic Fibrosis Screening Project Period: 9/30/91 to 8/31/94 Principal Investigator:

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Back To:Genome Project Ethics Office Is Achieving New Prominence In National Policy Debates

Principal Investigator: David Blumenthal
Institution: Medical Practices Evaluation Center,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Project Title: Academic-Industry Relationships in Genetics
Project Period: 2/1/93 to 7/31/95

Principal Investigator: Allen E. Buchanan
Institution: University of Wisconsin, Madison
Project Title: The Human Genome Initiative and Limits of Ethical Theory
Project Period: 8/18/93 to 7/31/95

Principal Investigator: Alexander M. Capron
Institution: University of Southern California
Project Title: Genome Mapping: Implications for Health and Life Insurance
Project Period: 7/15/92 to 12/30/94

Principal Investigator: Robert J. Desnick
Institution: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
Project Title: Genetic Testing in the Ashkenazi Jewish Population
Project Period: 4/1/93 to 3/31/96

Principal Investigator: Joanna H. Fanos
Institution: Medical Research Institute, San Francisco
Project Title: Perception of Carrier Status by Cystic Fibrosis Siblings (two awards)
Project Period: 9/30/91 to 8/31/94 and 5/1/93 to 8/31/95

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