Marilyn Baffoe-Bonnie, PhD

Marilyn Baffoe-Bonnie is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She utilizes quantitative, qualitative, and computational methods to conduct research in the fields of medical sociology, science and technology studies, and bioethics. Her current book project, Sickle Cells to Super Cells: The Alluring Genetic Cure for Sickle Cell Disease investigates the ethical and social dimensions surrounding the use of emerging genetic technologies to treat sickle cell disease and interrogates the meaning of cure for members of the sickle cell disease community. Her other research centers on health equity, aesthetic medicine, and patient experience. Her work has been published in Genetics in Medicine Open, Bioethics, and Social Science & Medicine.

Marilyn holds a PhD in Sociology from Rutgers University. She completed a Predoctoral Fellowship in the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center Department of Bioethics and the National Human Genome Research Institute Health Disparities Unit in the Social and Behavioral Research Branch. She also holds a Master of Bioethics from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with minors in Health Studies and Peace, Justice, and Human Rights from Haverford College.