Bio
Crystal Grant was a Technology Fellow with the ACLU’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project. Dr. Grant is a graduate of Emory University’s Laney Graduate School where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, president of Laney’s Graduate Student Council, and a teaching assistant for an introductory computer programming course. After obtaining her Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology from Emory, Dr. Grant served as a Mirzayan Graduate Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Academy of Sciences. She next served as a Legislative Fellow in Senator Elizabeth Warren’s office through the TechCongress Congressional Innovation Scholars program. Dr. Grant earned her undergraduate degree in biological sciences at Cornell University.
Featured work
Jun 13, 2023
Donated Blood or an Organ? Police Shouldn’t Have Easy Access to Your DNA
May 24, 2023
It’s Time for Congress to Update Our Genetic Nondiscrimination Law
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Widespread Newborn DNA Sequencing Will Worsen Risks to Genetic Privacy
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Algorithms Are Making Decisions About Health Care, Which May Only Worsen Medical Racism
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Police Are Using Newborn Genetic Screening to Search for Suspects, Threatening Privacy and Public Health
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Public Trust in Artificial Intelligence Starts With Institutional Reform