Christi Guerrini, J.D., M.P.H.
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Christi Guerrini, J.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor
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Baylor College 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
- "Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: value and risk." Annual Review of Medicine. 2020;72:151-166.
- "Family secrets: experiences and outcomes of participating in direct-to-consumer genetic relative-finder services." American Journal of Human Genetics. 2022;109(3):486-497.
- "Four misconceptions about investigative genetic genealogy." Journal of Law and the Biosciences. 2021;8
- "IGG in the trenches: results of an in-depth interview study on the practice, politics, and future of investigative genetic genealogy." Forensic Science International. 2024;111946.
- "Investigative genetic genealogy practices warranting policy attention: results of a modified policy Delphi." PLOS Genetics. 2025;21(1):e1011520.
- "Should police have access to genetic genealogy databases? capturing the Golden State Killer and other criminals using a controversial new forensic technique." PLOS Biology. 2018;16:e2006906.
- "The rise of the ethical license." Nature Biotechnology. 2017;35:22-24.
- "Who’s on third?: regulation of third-party genetic interpretation services." Genetics in Medicine. 2019;22(1):4-11.
- "Citizen science, public policy." Science. 2018;361:134-136.
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