Laura D. Buccini, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.
Bioethicist, Contractor
Contact Information
Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
6130 Executive Blvd., Rm. 5143, MSC 7393
Bethesda, MD 20892-7393
(For express delivery, use Rockville, MD 20852)
telephone: (301) 435-2384
fax: (301) 435-6609
e-mail: laura.buccini@mai.nih.gov
Interest Areas
Public health and research ethics, specifically the intersection between genetic/genomic research with issues surrounding informed consent, informed decision making, access, and sharing of data
Degrees
Dr.P.H. – Public Health and Bioethics
University of Wollongong, Australia
Post Graduate Certificate – Bioethics
Cleveland State University
M.P.H. – Epidemiology and Behavioral Health Sciences
Indiana University School of Medicine
B.A. – Psychology
Purdue University
Biography
Dr. Buccini is an offsite contractor who works as a Bioethicist in the Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program's (EGRP) Host Susceptibility Factors Branch (HSFB). She is primarily responsible for enhancing the bioethics portfolio both within EGRP and across the Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS). Dr. Buccini also works closely with the NCI Extramural Data Access Committee (DAC) to help implement the NIH genome-wide association studies (GWAS) data sharing policy. The NCI DAC, for which EGRP provides staff support, is responsible for implementing NIH's data sharing policy for many NCI-supported and -conducted GWAS and genomic studies.
Before joining EGRP in 2010, Dr. Buccini completed a joint fellowship in the Departments of Bioethics at the Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University, where she spent most of her time conducting ethics consultations and working on empirical research related to informed consent in genetics, renal transplantation, and human subjects research.
From 2008-2009, Dr. Buccini was an Assistant Professor with the School of Health and Behavioral Sciences, University Wollongong, where her research focused primarily on patient decision making for cancer clinical trials and the development of measures that assess comprehension of informed consent. From 2006-2009, she worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the university.
Over the 5-year period prior to joining EGRP, Dr. Buccini served as an Institutional Review Board (IRB) member and ethics consultant for both clinical and academic institutions.
