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Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH


Dr. Elisa Gordon is a research health scientist at CINCCH, and Associate Professor in the Center for Healthcare Studies and Comprehensive Transplant Center at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, in Chicago, IL. Dr. Gordon trained as a medical anthropologist at Case Western Reserve University and as a clinical ethicist at the University of Chicago. She received her Master’s degree in public health at University of Illinois at Chicago with an emphasis on community health. Dr. Gordon conducts mixed-methods research on informed consent, health disparities, and other ethical issues pertaining to chronic kidney disease and kidney transplantation, with federal funding support from NIH and HRSA. She is currently leading a VA-supported study to improve patient-centered care for patients with chronic kidney disease. She conducts eHealth research and has developed and evaluated an iPad app and a bilingual website. Dr. Gordon serves as the Vice Chair of the UNOS Ethics Committee, on the Editorial Board of the American Journal of Transplantation, and as Treasurer of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities.