Christi Guerrini, J.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor
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ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Texas
Education
- JD from Harvard Law School
- Cambridge, MA
- BS from University of Virginia
- Charlottesville, VA
- MPH from UTHealth School of Public Health
- Houston, TX
Honors & Awards
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation
- Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Educational Materials
Professional Interests
- Ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genetics
- Data privacy
- Consumer genetics
- Investigative genetic genealogy
- Misattributed parentage
- Wastewater surveillance ethics
- Biomedical citizen science
Professional Statement
Christi Guerrini is Associate Professor in the Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy. She serves as the Health Policy Pathway Director at BCM and lectures on health and science policy. Her research is focused on the ethical, legal, and social implications of biomedical research and emerging technologies. Prof. Guerrini has served as principal investigator, co-principal investigator, or co-investigator of research on investigative genetic genealogy, citizen science, health data sharing, and wastewater monitoring. She has published on these and related topics in scientific journals that include Science, Nature Biotechnology, and Genetics in Medicine, as well as in legal journals and other media. Prof. Guerrini has served on national committees and working groups focused on developing best practices and policies for investigative genetic genealogy. Prior to joining BCM, she practiced law in Chicago and Houston, served as the Intellectual Property Fellow at Chicago-Kent College of Law, and taught legal research and writing at Chicago-Kent and Brooklyn Law School.
Selected Publications
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" Annual Review of Medicine. 2020 ; 72 : 151-166.
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" American Journal of Human Genetics. 2022 ; 109 (3) : 486-497.
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" Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 2021 ; 8
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" Forensic Science International. 2024 ; 111946.
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