Elaine R. Mardis is on the board of QIAGEN NV, QIAGEN GmbH, QIAGEN Srl and Singular Genomics Systems, Inc. and Member of National Academy of Medicine (United States), Member of American Society of Human Genetics, Co-Executive Director-IGenomic Medicine Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Professor at The Ohio State University College of Medicine.

In the past Elaine R. Mardis occupied the position of President & Director at American Association for Cancer Research, Senior Research Scientist at Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. and Professor at Washington University School of Medicine.

Dr. Mardis received an undergraduate degree and a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.