About
BRIDGE: Building Religious Insights for Developing Genomic Engagement explores how Christian faith shapes attitudes toward genomics and genomic medicine. Based at Biola University, we focus on the broad spectrum of Christian communities whose perspectives are often overlooked in conversations about genetics and healthcare.
Our work centers on five key goals:
1
Establish Biola University as a leader in ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) research on religious issues in genomics.
2
Identify what helps and what hinders Christians’ engagement with genomics, especially around reproduction and early childhood.
3
Build long-term partnerships with diverse Christian leaders and communities to guide our research.
4
Strengthen Biola and its partners’ capacity to carry out NIH-funded ELSI research.
5
Train a new generation of ELSI researchers focused on religious populations, from undergraduates to early-career faculty.
Principal Investigators
Dr. Liz Hall
Dr. James DuBois
Dr. Eu Gene Chin
Principal Investigator
Biola University
Principal Investigator
Washington University in St. Louis
Principal Investigator
Biola University
Dr. Hall is a clinical psychologist and Professor at Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University. Her research focuses on Christian meaning-making in suffering and how Christians interact with scientific technologies.
Dr. DuBois directs the Bioethics Research Center at Washington University, where he is the Bander Professor of Medical Ethics and a Professor in the Danforth Center for Religion and Politics. His research focuses on a wide variety of ethical issues in healthcare practice and research, including how religion shapes attitudes and behaviors regarding genomic medicine. With Ana Iltis, he is the founding editor of the journal Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics.
Dr. Chin is currently an Associate Professor at Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University and Associate Editor for the Journal of Psychology and Theology. He examines access to precision mental health and health care for heterogeneous populations, religious/spiritual factors that contribute to well-being, and the development of psychological measures. He also co-leads the Culture and Mental Health Lab and Asian American Mental Health Initiative.