Duties and responsibilities include: management of a grants portfolio related to ethical, legal and social issues in genomics research, participation in and provision of ethical and legal guidance to NHGRI or NIH Common Fund projects, attendance and presentation at meetings or conferences related to ethical, legal and social issues in genomic research as needed.

Responsibilities relate to the ethical, legal, and policy issues associated with biorepositories and human biospecimen research. Primary duties include: coordinating the revision of the NCI Best Practices for Biospecimen Resources; organizing workshops to expand ethical, legal and policy recommendations in the NCI Best Practices; responding to inquiries from stakeholders related to ethical and legal issues; serving as a representative of the OBBR at national meetings; preparing publications related to biospecimen best practices and/or ethical and legal issues and prioritizing initiatives related to ethical and legal issues in biospecimen research and developing plans for implementation.