The Wagner Lab is engaged in the emerging field of anthroengineering and ELSI (Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications) research. The Wagner Lab strives to be radically collaborative and, in that spirit, is always eager to explore new collaborations with scholars and professionals in engineering, anthropology, law, public policy, bioethics, human genetics, medicine, information science and technology, science and technology studies, and related disciplines.
Bioethical, Legal, and Anthropological Study of Technologies (BLAST)
Description: Funded by the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director (OD) and the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Consumer Protections for Genomics & Precision Health
Description: Funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Disruptive Innovations for Digital Health
Description: Intended to modernize and transform data practices and governance
ELSI of Human Faces (Policies for Facial Analytics)
Description: Launched with initial funding by the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director (OD) and National Institutes of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
Ethics of Synthetic Data and AI
Description: July 2022 - June 2023 | "Mapping the Ethics of Synthetic Data"| Funded in part by the Rock Ethics Institute and by the National Institutes of Health Office of the Director (OD) and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)