Pamela Sankar is an anthropologist and an assistant professor of bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior fellow at the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Sankar’s research interests include medical privacy and confidentiality, ethical and cultural implications of genetic research, research ethics, and genetics and race. Her current research project, “Beyond Stigma: Interpreting Genetic Difference,” examines the relationship between genetic conditions, racial and ethnic identities, and stigma.
| Website | http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g358/p8864 |
| Email address | sankarp@mail.med.upenn.edu |
| Phone number | 215-898-7136 |
| Categories | Bioethics, education, Health care, Medical ethics, Race & ethnicity, Science & health, Society & culture |
| Locations | Pennsylvania, United States of America |
| Resource Types | Sources |
| Languages | English |