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55
Citations
32544
World Ranking
1945
National Ranking
930

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - David Rall Medal, National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2006 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Ellen Wright Clayton is affiliated with Vanderbilt University Medical Center in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a particular emphasis on genetics and public health.

The researcher's main fields of study include:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these areas, their work focuses on several subfields, notably:

  • Genetics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Physiology

Key topics covered in their research comprise:

  • Ethics in Clinical Research
  • Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
  • Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Ellen Wright Clayton has published extensively, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Genetics in Medicine
  • The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics
  • Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Representative recent papers include:

  • ISSCR Guidelines for Stem Cell Research and Clinical Translation: The 2021 Update, 2021, Stem Cell Reports
  • Human-Centered Design to Address Biases in Artificial Intelligence, 2023, Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Selection, Optimization and Validation of Ten Chronic Disease Polygenic Risk Scores for Clinical Implementation in Diverse US Populations, 2024, Nature Medicine
  • Sociotechnical Safeguards for Genomic Data Privacy, 2022, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • Returning Integrated Genomic Risk and Clinical Recommendations: The eMERGE Study, 2023, Genetics in Medicine

Collaboration is an important aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Bradley Malin
  • Wendy K. Chung
  • Ingrid A. Holm
  • Yevgeniy Vorobeychik
  • Zhiyu Wan

Their contributions to the field have been recognized with several awards:

  • David Rall Medal, National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2013
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2011
  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 2006

Best Publications

  • The International HapMap Project

    John W. Belmont;Paul Hardenbol;Thomas D. Willis;Fuli Yu

  • A haplotype map of the human genome

    John W. Belmont;Andrew Boudreau;Suzanne M. Leal;Paul Hardenbol

  • A second generation human haplotype map of over 3.1 million SNPs

    Kelly A. Frazer;Dennis G. Ballinger;David R. Cox;David A. Hinds

  • Genome-wide detection and characterization of positive selection in human populations

    Pardis C. Sabeti;Pardis C. Sabeti;Patrick Varilly;Patrick Varilly;Ben Fry;Jason Lohmueller

  • Managing incidental findings in human subjects research: Analysis and recommendations

    Susan M Wolf;Frances P Lawrenz;Charles A. Nelson;Jeffrey P. Kahn

  • Factors That Prompted Families to File Medical Malpractice Claims Following Perinatal Injuries

    Gerald B. Hickson;Ellen Wright Clayton;Penny B. Githens;Frank A. Sloan

  • Obstetricians' prior malpractice experience and patients' satisfaction with care.

    Gerald B. Hickson;Ellen Wright Clayton;Stephen S. Entman;Cynthia S. Miller

  • Operational implementation of prospective genotyping for personalized medicine: The design of the Vanderbilt PREDICT project

    J. M. Pulley;J. C. Denny;J. F. Peterson;G. R. Bernard

  • Guidelines on forgoing life-sustaining medical treatment

    A. Kohrman;E. W. Clayton;J. E. Frader;M. A. Grodin

  • Return of Genomic Results to Research Participants: The Floor, the Ceiling, and the Choices In Between

    Gail P. Jarvik;Laura M. Amendola;Jonathan S. Berg

  • Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Genomic Medicine

    Ellen Wright Clayton

  • Informed Consent for Genetic Research on Stored Tissue Samples

    Ellen Wright Clayton;Karen K. Steinberg;Muin J. Khoury;Elizabeth Thomson

  • Ethical and practical guidelines for reporting genetic research results to study participants: Updated guidelines from a national heart, lung, and blood institute working group

    Richard R. Fabsitz;Amy McGuire;Richard R. Sharp;Mona Puggal

  • Hereditary Hemochromatosis: Gene Discovery and Its Implications for Population-Based Screening

    Wylie Burke;Elizabeth Thomson;Muin J. Khoury;Sharon M. McDonnell

  • Recommendations for returning genomic incidental findings? We need to talk!

    Wylie Burke;Armand H. Matheny Antommaria;Robin Bennett;Jeffrey Botkin

  • Adverse Effects of Vaccines: Evidence and Causality

    Kathleen Stratton;Andrew Ford;Erin Rusch;Ellen Wright Clayton

  • Principles of Human Subjects Protections Applied in an Opt-Out, De-identified Biobank

    Jill Pulley;Ellen Clayton;Gordon R. Bernard;Dan M. Roden

  • Public Attitudes toward Consent and Data Sharing in Biobank Research: A Large Multi-site Experimental Survey in the US.

    Saskia C. Sanderson;Saskia C. Sanderson;Saskia C. Sanderson;Nathaniel D. Mercaldo;Ellen Wright Clayton

  • The law of genetic privacy: applications, implications, and limitations

    Ellen Wright Clayton;Barbara J Evans;James W Hazel;Mark A Rothstein

  • A systematic literature review of individuals' perspectives on broad consent and data sharing in the United States.

    Nanibaa' A. Garrison;Nila A. Sathe;Armand H. Matheny Antommaria;Ingrid A. Holm

  • Newborn Screening Technology: Proceed With Caution

    Jeffrey R. Botkin;Ellen Wright Clayton;Norman C. Fost;Wylie Burke

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin S. Wilfond
Benjamin S. Wilfond University of Washington
Susan M. Wolf
Susan M. Wolf University of Minnesota
Bartha Maria Knoppers
Bartha Maria Knoppers McGill University Health Centre
Gail P. Jarvik
Gail P. Jarvik University of Washington
Wendy K. Chung
Wendy K. Chung Columbia University
Leslie G. Biesecker
Leslie G. Biesecker National Institutes of Health
Aravinda Chakravarti
Aravinda Chakravarti New York University Langone Medical Center
Carol R. Horowitz
Carol R. Horowitz Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Francis S. Collins
Francis S. Collins National Institutes of Health
Mark J. Daly
Mark J. Daly Massachusetts General Hospital

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