Liza Vertinsky – The Conversation

DNA is a trove of personal information that can be hard to keep track of and protect. Boris Zhitkov/Moment via Getty Images

June 3, 2022

Genetic paparazzi are right around the corner, and courts aren’t ready to confront the legal quagmire of DNA theft

Liza Vertinsky, University of Maryland and Yaniv Heled, Georgia State University

Both Macron and Madonna have expressed concerns about genetic privacy. As DNA collection and sequencing becomes increasingly commonplace, what may seem paranoid may instead be prescient.

FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, right, and President Trump at a Coronavirus Task Force meeting March 19, 2020. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

August 27, 2020

FDA is departing from long‑standing procedures to deal with public health crises, and this may foreshadow problems for COVID‑19 vaccines

Ana Santos Rutschman, Saint Louis University; Liza Vertinsky, Emory University, and Yaniv Heled, Georgia State University

The rushed emergency approval for a treatment that might help COVID-19 patients has raised questions: Is the FDA abandoning its own guidelines?

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