About the Authors

Zhijun Yin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

zhijun.yin@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Genetic Privacy & Identity in Community Settings, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Lijun Song

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Genetic Privacy & Identity in Community Settings, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Ellen W. Clayton

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Center for Genetic Privacy & Identity in Community Settings, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Bradley A. Malin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Center for Genetic Privacy & Identity in Community Settings, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.