Megan Allyse, PhD
Academic Appointments
- Postdoctoral Research fellow, School of Medicine
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Professional Overview
Honors and Awards
- Biomedical Ethics Studentship, Wellcome Trust (2006-2009)
Professional Education
| Masters in Arts: | University of Nottingham, Science and Society (2006) |
| Bachelor of Arts: | Stanford University, COMMU-BA (2001) |
| Doctor of Philosophy: | University Of Nottingham (2010) |
| Bachelor of Arts: | Stanford University, INTLR-BA (2001) |
Stanford Advisors
| Mildred Cho: | Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor |
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
The ethical, legal and social implications of research into genetic contributions to violent and anti-social behavior, the ethical implications of optogenetic technologies, the ethical, legal and social implications of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis using cell-free fetal DNA, the development of constructive technology assessment for predictive ethical analysis of emerging technologies.
Publications
- 23 and Me, We, and You: direct-to-consumer genetics, intellectual property, and informed consent. Trends Biotechnol. 2013; (2): 68-9
- Not-so-incidental findings: the ACMG recommendations on the reporting of incidental findings in clinical whole genome and whole exome sequencing. Trends Biotechnol. 2013
- Translating cell-free fetal DNA technology: structural lessons from non-invasive RhD blood typing. Trends Biotechnol. 2013; (1): 7-9
- Informational risk, institutional review, and autonomy in the proposed changes to the common rule. IRB. 2012 May-Jun; (3): 17-9
- Cell-free fetal DNA testing for fetal aneuploidy and beyond: clinical integration challenges in the US context. Hum Reprod. 2012; (11): 3123-31
- Customers or research participants? Guidance for research practices in commercialization of personal genomics. Genet Med. 2012; (10): 833-5
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