Betty Cohn, MBE

Betty Cohn (she/her) MBE 2020 is a PhD candidate and Graduate Research Assistant at the Institute for Public Health Genetics at the University of Washington. She earned her B.A. in Biomedical Ethics from Binghamton University and went on to complete her Master of Bioethics (MBE) at Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Her research interests lie in ethical, legal, and social implications of genetics and genomics (ELSI), with a particular focus on direct-to-consumer genetic testing, data privacy, and social media ethics. Betty’s goal is to conduct ELSI research as a professor at an academic institution, where she can continue her research and contribute to the understanding of these complex issues.