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  1. Wagner JK, Cabrera LY, Gerke S, Susser D (2024) Synthetic data and ELSI-focused computational checklists—A survey of biomedical professionals’ views. PLOS Digit Health 3(11): e0000666. https://doi.org/10.1371/journa.... PMID: 39565773.
    1. D Susser, DS Schiff, S Gerke, LY Cabrera, IG Cohen, M Doerr, J Harrod, J McNealy, MN Meyer, WN Price II, K Kostick-Quenet, and JK Wagner “Synthetic Health Data: Real Ethical Promise and Peril” Hastings Center Report. 2024; 54(5): 8-13. PMID: 39487776. PMCID: PMC11555762.
    2. Wagner JK, Doerr M, Schmit CD. “AI Governance: A Challenge for Public Health.” JMIR Public Health Surveill. 2024 Sep 30;10:e58358. doi: 10.2196/58358. PMID: 39347615.
    3. CD Schmit, MJ Doerr, JK Wagner. “Leveraging IP for AI Governance.” Science. 2023; 379(6633): 646-648. DOI: 10.1126/science.add2202.
    4. JK Wagner, J-H Yu, D Fullwiley, C Moore, JF Wilson, MJ Bamshad, CD Royal; on behalf of the Genetic Ancestry Inference Roundtable Participants. “Guidelines for Genetic Ancestry Inference Created Through Roundtable Discussions” Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. Published online January 13, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xhgg...
    5. E Kowal, LS Weyrich, JM Argüelles, AC Bader, C Colwell, AD Cortez, JL Davis, G Figueiro, K Fox, RS Malhi, E Matisoo-Smith, A Nayak, EA Nelson, G Nicholas, MA Nieves-Colón, L Russell, S Ulm, F Vergara-Silva, FA Villanea, JK Wagner, JM Yracheta, KS Tsosie. “Community partnerships are fundamental to ethical ancient DNA research.” Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. Published online January 11, 2023 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xhgg...
    6. JK Wagner. “Algorithmic Fairness in the Roberts Court Era.” Pac Symp Biocomput. 2023;28:519-530. PMID: 36541005; PMCID: PMC9782697.
    7. JK Wagner, JK Tanniru, CA Chane, MN Meyer, “Exploring Access to Genomic Risk Information and the Contours of the HIPAA Public Health Exception” Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 2022; 9(2):lsac034. https://academic.oup.com/jlb/a... PMID: 36518815; PMCID: PMC9740515.
    8. K Tolwinski, D Madden, JK Wagner. A genetic imaginary for social justice: the rhetoric of genomic medicine as exceptional, ordinary, and ethical obligation. SSM Qualitative Research in Health. Early access ahead of print June 25, 2022 (Vol. 2 publication date Dec. 2022). https://www.sciencedirect.com/...
    9. RE Fleskes, AC Bader, KS Tsosie, JK Wagner, KG Claw, NA Garrison. Ethical Guidance in Human Paleogenomics: New and Ongoing Perspectives. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 2022; 23:627-652. Early access ahead of print May 10, 2022. (Vol. 23 publication date Aug. 2022). https://www.annualreviews.org/....
    10. SH Katsanis, P Claes, M Doerr, R Cook-Deegan, JD Tenenbaum, BJ Evans, MK Lee, J Anderton, SM Weinberg, JK Wagner. “U.S. Adult Perspectives on Facial Images, DNA, and Other Biometrics” IEEE Transactions on Technology and Society. 2022; 3(1): 9-15. DOI: 10.1109/TTS.2021.3120317. Published early access Oct. 18, 2021.
    11. SH Katsanis, P Claes, M Doerr, R Cook-Deegan, JD Tenenbaum, BJ Evans, MK Lee, J Anderton, SM Weinberg, JK Wagner, “A Survey of U.S. Public Perspectives on Facial Recognition Technology and Facial Imaging Data Practices in Health and Research Contexts,” PLoS ONE. 2021; 16(10): e0257923. https://doi.org/10.1371/journa...
    12. D Madden, B Baker, JK Wagner, SH Katsanis, “Framing the utility and potential pitfalls of relationship and identity DNA testing across United States immigration contexts,” Human Genetics and Genomics Advances published online Sept. 24, 2021 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xhgg...
    13. JK Wagner, J-H Yu, JX Chong, CD Royal, MJ Bamshad. “Centering Equity in Human Genetics and Genomics Advances,” Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. 2021; 2(4): 10048. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xhgg... (Editorial; not peer-reviewed)
    14. A DiNucci, NB Henrikson, MC Jonas, S Basra, P Blasi, J Brown, ED Esplin, D Hassen, J Hao, Y Hu, T Klinger, I Ladd, K Leppig, M Lewis, M Meyer, S Ney, A Ramaprasan, K Romagnoli, Z Salvati, A Scrol, R Schwiter, L Sheridan, B Somasundaram, P Suwannarat, JK Wagner, AK Rahm. “Feasibility and Assessment of a Cascade Traceback Screening program (FACTS): protocol for a multisite study to implement and assess an ovarian cancer Traceback cascade testing program,” Journal of Personalized Medicine 2021; 11(6): 543. https://doi.org/10.3390/jpm110...
    15. E Barnert, SH Katsanis, R Mishori, JK Wagner, RF Selden, D Madden, et al. “Using DNA to reunify separated migrant families,” Science 2021; 372 (6547): 1154-1156. DOI: 10.1126/science.abh3979
    16. JK Wagner and MN Meyer. “Genomic Medicine and the ‘Loss of Chance’ Medical Malpractice Doctrine.” Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. April 5, 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xhgg...
    17. D Berger, M Hu, SH Katsanis, and JK Wagner. “Biometrics and Midnight Regulations.” The Regulatory Review. March 11, 2021. https://www.theregreview.org/2...
    18. NB Henrickson, JK Wagner, H Hampel, C DeVore, N Shridhar, J Williams, KE Donohue, I Kullo, and AE Prince. “What guidance does HIPAA offer to providers considering familial risk notification and cascade genetic testing?” Journal of Law and the Biosciences. December 11, 2020, lsaa071, https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/ls...
    19. CK Rubanovich, R Taitingfong, C Triplett, O Libiger, N Schork, JK Wagner, C Bloss. “Impacts of Personal DNA Ancestry Testing” Journal of Community Genetics. 13 Aug 2020 epub ahead of print.
    20. JK Wagner, C Colwell, KG Claw, A Stone, DA Bolnick, J Hawks, KB Brothers, NA Garrison. “Fostering Responsible Research on Ancient DNA.” American Journal of Human Genetics. 2020;107(2):183-195.
    21. WS McDonald, JK Wagner, PA Deverka, LA Woods, J Peterson, MS Williams. “Genetic Testing and Employer-Sponsored Wellness Programs: An Overview of Current Vendors, Products, and Practices” Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine. 26 Jul 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/mgg3.1...
    22. M Doerr and JK Wagner. “Research Ethics in a Pandemic: Considerations for the Use of Research Infrastructure and Resources for Public Health Activities.” Journal of Law & Biosciences. 2020; 7(1). Advance view published May 18, 2020, lsaa028, https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/ls...
    23. JM Savatt, JK Wagner, S Joffe, et al. “Pediatric Reporting of Genomic Results Study (PROGRESS): A mixed-methods, longitudinal, observational cohort study protocol to explore disclosure of actionable adult- and pediatric-onset genomic variants to minors and their parents” BMC Pediatrics. 2020; 20: article 222. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887...
    24. JK Wagner. “Health, Housing, and ‘Direct Threats’ During a Pandemic.” Journal of Law & Biosciences. 2020; 7(1).Advance view published May 8, 2020, lsaa022, https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/ls...
    25. JK Wagner, Letter to the Editor: “Concerning Data Sharing in Biological Anthropology,” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2020; 1-3. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.24074
    26. JK Wagner. “The Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Protections for Mobile Health Apps” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. 2020; 48(Supp 1): 103-114.
    27. JK Wagner, DJ Madden, V Oray, SH Katsanis. “Conversations Surrounding the Use of DNA Tests in the Family Reunification of Migrants Separated at the US-Mexico Border in 2018,” Frontiers in Genetics. 2019; 10:1232. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01232
    28. JK Wagner. “Ethical and Legal Considerations for the Inclusion of Underserved and Underrepresented Immigrant Populations in Precision Health and Genomic Research in the US” Ethnicity & Disease. 2019; 29 (supp. 3): 641-650.
    29. K Tolwinski, A Nemoianu, A Bucaloiu, J Venditto, FD Davis, JK Wagner. “‘I don’t want to go on living this way’: Desire for hastened death and the ethics of involuntary hospitalization.” American Journal of Bioethics. 2019;19(10):88-90.
    30. CJ Guerrini, JK Wagner, SC Nelson, GH Javitt, and AL McGuire. “Who’s on third? regulation of third-party genetic interpretation services.” Genetics in Medicine. 2019;22:4-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436...
    31. D Sero, A Zaidi, J Li, J White, T González Zarzar, M Marazita, S Weinberg, P Suetens, D Vandermeulen, J Wagner, M Shriver, and P Claes. “Facial Recognition from DNA using face-to-DNA classifiers.” Nature Communications. 2019; 10: 2557. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467...
    32. Wagner JK. “Disparate Impacts and GINA: Congress’s Unfinished Business” Journal of Law & Biosciences. 2018; 5(3):527-549. https://doi.org/10.1093/jlb/ls...
    33. Y Bombard, KB Brothers, S Fitgerald-Butt, NA Garrison, L Jamal, CA James, GP Jarvik, JB McCormick, TN Nelson, KE Ormond, HL Rehm, J Richer, E Souzeau, JL Vassy, JK Wagner, and HP Levy. “ASHG Position Statement: The Responsibility to Recontact Research Participants After Reinterpretation of Genetic and Genomic Research Results”American Journal of Human Genetics. 2019;104(4): 578-595. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg...
    34. SH Katsanis, E Huang, A Young, V Grant, E Warner, S Larson, and JK Wagner. “Caring for Trafficked and Unidentified Patients in the EHR Shadows: Shining a Light by Sharing the Data” PLoS One. 2019;14(3): e0213766. https://doi.org/10.1371/journa...
    35. EA Wright, JK Wagner, MD Shriver, JR Fernandez, and NG Jablonski. “Practical and ethical considerations of using the results of personalized DNA ancestry tests with middle-school-aged learners” American Journal of Human Genetics. 2019; 104(2): 197-202. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg...
    36. M Doerr, S Grayson, S Moore, C Suver, J Wilbanks, J Wagner. “Implementing a universal informed consent process for the All of Us Research Program.” Pac. Symposium on Biocomputing 2019; 24: 427-438. Available at https://psb.stanford.edu/psb-o...
    37. SC Nelson, J-H Yu, JK Wagner, TM Harrell, CDM Royal, MJ Bamshad. “A qualitative content analysis of the views of genetics professionals on race, ancestry, and genetics” AJOB Empirical Bioethics. 2019; 9(4):222-234. doi: 10.1080/23294515.2018.1544177
    38. Williams MS, Buchanan AH, Davis FD, Faucett WA, Hallquist MLG, Leader JB, Martin CL, McCormick CZ, Meyer MN, Murray MF, Rahm AK, Schwartz MLB, Sturm AC, Wagner JK, Williams JL, Willard HF, Ledbetter DH. “Patient-Centered Precision Health in A Learning Health Care System: Geisinger’s Genomic Medicine Experience.” Health Affairs. 2018; 37(5): 757-764. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.1557.
    39. Turner T, Wagner JK, and Cabana G. “Ethics in Biological Anthropology.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology.2018; 165(4): 939-951. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23367.
    40. Rocha HM, Savatt JM, Riggs ER, Wagner JK, Faucett WA, Martin CL. “Incorporating Social Media into your Support Tool Box: Points to Consider from Genetics-Based Communities.” Journal of Genetic Counseling. 2018; 27(2):470-480. doi: 10.1007/s10897-017-0170-z.
    41. Buchanan AH, Manickam K, Meyer MN, Wagner JK, et al. “Early cancer diagnoses through BRCA1/2 screening of unselected adult biobank participants.” Genetics in Medicine. 2018; 20(5):554-558. doi:10.1038/gim.2017.145
    42. Nicol D, et al. “Key Challenges in Bringing CRISPR-mediated Somatic Cell Therapy into the Clinic.” Genome Medicine.2017; 9(1):85-88. doi: 10.1186/s13073-017-0475-4.
    43. Ifekwunigwe J, Wagner JK, Yu J-H, Bamshad M, Royal CD. “A Qualitative Analysis of How Anthropologists Interpret the Race Construct.” American Anthropologist. 2017; 119(3): 422–434. doi: 10.1111/aman.12890.
    44. Wagner JK. “DNA, Racial Disparities, and Biases in Criminal Justice: Searching for Solutions.” Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology. 2017; 27(2): 95-138.
    45. Huang E and Wagner JK. “The Indefinite ‘Stay’ on Regulatory Reforms for Research with Prisoners.” American Journal of Bioethics. 2017; 17(7): 55-57. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2017.1328534.
    46. Katsanis S, Felini M, Kim J, Minear M, Chandrasekharan S, and Wagner JK. “Perspectives of women in prostitution diversion program on DNA collection for a high-risk DNA database.” International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences. 2017; 12(1):111-128. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.345720.
    47. Huang E, Cauley JM, and Wagner JK. “Barred from Better Medicine? Reexamining Regulatory Barriers to the Inclusion of Prisoners in Research.” Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 2017; 4(1):159-174. doi: 10.1093/jlb/lsw064.
    48. Wagner JK, Yu J-H, Ifekwunigwe J, Harrell T, Bamshad M, and Royal C. “Anthropologists’ Views on Race, Ancestry, and Genetics.” American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2017; 162(2):318-327. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.23120.
    49. Wagner JK, Peltz-Rauchman C, Rahm AK, Johnson CC. “Precision Engagement: PMI’s success will depend upon more than genomes and big data.” Genetics in Medicine. 2017;19(6):620-624. doi: 10.1038/gim.2016.165.
    50. Nicol D, Bubela T, Chalmers D, Charbonneau J, Critchley C, Dickinson J, Fleming J, Hewitt A, Kaye J, Liddicoat J, McWhirter R, Otlowski M, Ries N, Skene L, Stewart C, Wagner J, Zeps N. “Precision Medicine: Drowning in Regulatory Soup.” Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 2016; 3(2):281-303. doi: 10.1093/jlb/lsw018.
    51. Katsanis SH, Kim J, Minear MA, Chandrasekharan S, and Wagner JK. “Preliminary Perspectives on DNA Collection in Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts.” Recent Advances in DNA & Gene Sequences. 2014; 8(2): 78-90. doi: 10.2174/2352092209666150216122234.
    52. Claes P, Liberton DK, Daniels K, Matthes Rosana K, Quillen EE, Pearson LN, McEvoy B, Bauchet M, Zaidi AA, Yao W, Tang H, Barsh GS, Absher DM, Puts DA, Rocha J, Beleza S, Pereira RW, Baynam G, Suetens P, Vandermeulen D, Wagner JK, Boster JS, and Shriver MD. “Modeling 3D facial shape from DNA.” PLoS Genetics. 2014; 10(3):e1004224. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1004224.
    53. Wagner JK, Mozersky JT, Pyeritz RE. “‘Use it or lose it’ as an alternative approach to protect genetic privacy in personalized medicine.” Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations. 2014; 32(2): 198-201. doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2013.09.016.
    54. Wagner JK. “Playing with Heart and Soul…and Genomes: Sports Implications and Applications of Personal Genomics.” PeerJ. 2013; 1:e120. doi: 10.7717/peerj.120.
    55. Daley L-A A, Wagner JK, Himmel T, McPartland K, Katsanis S, Shriver MD, and Royal CD. “Personal DNA Activities in College Classrooms: Perspectives of Students and Professors.” Genetic Testing & Molecular Biomarkers. 2013; 17(6): 446-452. doi: 10.1089/gtmb.2012.0404.
    56. Wagner JK. “Sidelining GINA: The Impact of Personal Genomics and Collective Bargaining in Professional Sports.” Virginia Sports and Entertainment Law Journal. 2013; 12(1):81-125.
    57. Wagner JK and Royal CD. “Field of Genes: An Investigation of Sports-Related Genetic Testing.” Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2012; 2(3):119-137. doi:10.3390/jpm2030119.
    58. Wagner JK. “Out with the ‘Junk’ DNA phrase.” Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2013; 58(1):292-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02252.x.
    59. Katsanis SH and Wagner JK. “Characterization of the Standard and Recommended CODIS Markers.” Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2013; 58 Suppl 1:S169-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2012.02253.x.
    60. Wagner J. Cockamamie state laws threaten the genetic rights movement. Nature Medicine. 2012; 18(4):485 doi:10.1038/nm0412-485.
    61. Wagner JK, Cooper JD, Sterling R, and Royal CD. “Tilting at Windmills No Longer: A Data Driven Discussion of DTC DNA Ancestry Tests.” Genetics in Medicine. 2012; 14(6):586-93. doi:10.1038/gim.2011.77.
    62. Wagner JK and Weiss KM. “Attitudes on DNA Ancestry Tests.” Human Genetics. 2012; 131(1):41-56. doi: 10.1007/s00439-011-1034-5.
    63. Wagner JK. “Understanding FDA Regulation of DTC Genetic Tests Within the Context of Administrative Law.” American Journal of Human Genetics. 2010; 87(4):451-456. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2010.09.003
    64. Wagner JK. “Interpreting the Implications of DNA Ancestry Tests.” Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 2010; 53(2): 231-248. doi: 10.1353/pbm.0.0158
    65. Wagner JK. “Just the Facts Ma’am: Removing the Drama from DNA Dragnets.” North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology 2009; 11(1): 51-101.
    66. Wagner JK and Shriver MD. “Misinformation, Social Construction, and Genomic Ancestry Testing.” Science. 19 Dec 2007. (e-letter; not peer-reviewed)
    67. Pfaff CL, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Wagner JK, and Long JC. “Information on ancestry from genetic markers.” Genetic Epidemiology 2004; 26(4): 305-315. doi: 10.1002/gepi.10319
    68. Wagner JK, Jovel C, Norton HL, Parra EJ, and Shriver MD. “Comparing quantitative measures of erythema, pigmentation, and skin response using reflectometry.” Pigment Cell Research. 2002; 15(5):379-384. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.02042.x
    69. Wagner JK, Parra EJ, Norton HL, Jovel C, and Shriver MD. “Skin responses to ultraviolet radiation: effects of pigmentation, sex, and ancestry.” Pigment Cell Research. 2002; 15(5):385-390. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2002.02046.x

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