INS is an interdisciplinary group of scholars, scientists, clinicians and other professionals who share an interest in the social, legal, ethical and policy implications of advances in neuroscience. The late 20th century saw unprecedented progress in the basic sciences of mind and brain and in the treatment of psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Now, in the 21st century, neuroscience plays an expanding role in human life beyond the research lab and clinic.

In classrooms, courtrooms, offices and homes around the world, neuroscience is giving us powerful new tools for achieving our goals and prompting a new understanding of ourselves as social, moral and spiritual beings.

Web Information

Website: http://www.neuroethicssociety.org/

Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Neuroethics_Society

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjLB9CHyw7SiBueKu3iXquA

Twitter: @NeuroethicsInfo

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/internationalneuroethicssociety

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/International-Neuroethics-Society

Contact Information

Administrative office: administrator@neuroethicssociety.org

Karen Graham, Executive Director:  kgraham@neuroethicssociety.org

Phone: 301.229.1660

Address: P.O. Box 34252 Bethesda, Maryland 20827

About INS

Who are we?

We are an interdisciplinary group of scholars, scientists, clinicians and other professionals who share an interest in the social, legal, ethical and policy implications of advances in neuroscience. The late 20th century saw unprecedented progress in the basic sciences of mind and brain and in the treatment of psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Now, in the 21st century, neuroscience plays an expanding role in human life ...

The National Science Communication Institute (nSCI) is a 501c3 tax-exempt nonprofit charity.

Our mission is to help improve science collaboration, discovery, education and public policy by reforming the communication culture inside science.

Information

Website: http://nationalscience.org/

Email: info@nationalscience.org Number: 1-206-417-3607 Address: 2320 N 137th Street Seattle WA 98133

About NSCI

The Issue

Science does a poor job of communicating internally. Scientists write mostly for journals that very few people ever read, researchers don’t share their data often enough, science efforts don’t spend money on coordinated public relations efforts, and more. The outcome of this dysfunction is that science doesn’t discover as much as it might otherwise be able to given better communications tools and practices, and opportunities for discovery are being lost. This is true in every field from medical research to alternative energy research to pure science.  STEM education is also a continual challenge, at least in part due to these communications issues, and the public’s understanding of science is anemic, particularly with regard to hot-button public policy issues like climate change and evolution.

Our Approach

nSCI is working to change this arms-length relationship between science and communication from several different angles, including by raising awareness and facilitating discussions among scientists and funding organizations of science communication issues and possible solutions, reaching out ...

The AAAS NeuroPolicy Affinity Group consists of AAAS Fellows who are interested in the intersection of neuroscience and policy. This affinity sponsored  lectures at the AAAS building in Washington, DC.

Events include: Areas of interesting research with public relevance (health, society, defense) and Areas of policy with neuroscience relevance (funding, perception, ethics).

Web Information

AAAS Fellows Central:  http://aaaspolicyfellowships.org/

Twitter: @DCNeuroPolicy

Contact Information

Email: fellowships@aaas.org

Phone: 202-326-6700

Address:1200 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005

Previous Lectures

The AAAS NeuroPolicy Affinity Group consists of AAAS Fellows who are interested in the intersection of neuroscience and policy. This affinity sponsored  lectures at the AAAS building in Washington, DC.

Previous lecturers have included Story Landis, NINDS Director; Jane Roskams of the Allen Institute for Brain Science; James Olds, NSF Bio Assistant Director and formerly Director of the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study.

Video

Neural Networking with the NeuroPolicy Affinity Group

Martin Wiener, 2014-15 AAAS BDA Fellow, National Science Foundation Brandon Martin, 2014-15 AAAS DSD Fellow, Department of Defense

NeuroEthicsWomen (NEW) Leaders aims to continue to cultivate professional networks and skills for women currently in and entering into the field of neuroethics by way of a women in neuroethics network.

The NEW Leaders website aims to act as a living document reflecting the scholarly work and progress in the field of neuroethics by its NEW Leaders and also serves as a resource for professional development and networking.

Web Information

NEW Leaders website: http://neuroethicswomenleaders.com/

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/NeuroEthicsWomenLeaders

Twitter: @NEWomenLeaders

About

Welcome to the NEW Leaders!

Neuroethics as a field is intellectually diverse including scholars from neuroscience, ethics, philosophy, psychology, law, policy, and many more disciplines. The field explores how neuroscience informs our social value systems (e.g., using brain pathology to determine culpability for crimes) as well as the neuroscientific basis of our value systems (e.g., neuroimaging of humans in moral decision making tasks).

Cultivating neuroethical discourse and thinking is valuable not only for understanding the larger implications of our work as it is related to neuroscience, but also for cultivating a practice of challenging our assumptions—a crucial part of any creative, forward thinking scientist’s or scholar’s tool-kit.

Neuroethics is a fairly young field, pioneered by many women scholars. This is reflected in the name, ...

The Pacific Northwest NeuroNeighborhood is dedicated to fostering the development of our emerging Neuro-related cluster in the Northwest.

The Northwest NeuroNeighborhood includes the University of Washington, the Allen Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, and 50 companies based in Oregon and Washington. A pilot BRAIN Initiative ‘regional cluster’  this year will bring together the research, clinical, industry, academic, education, public, and advocacy communities around the BRAIN Initiative themes.

Web Information

Website:  nwnn.org/  YouTube Channel:   Twitter:  twitter.com/NWNeuroNeighbor

Contact Information

Email: contact form

Organization

Director: People

Background

The BRAIN Initiative Fact Sheet 9/30/14

The Pacific Northwest is announcing plans to develop a vibrant neurotechnology regional cluster:

The Pacific Northwest Neuroscience Neighborhood (University of Washington, the Allen Institute for Neuroscience, Oregon Health & Science University, and 50 companies based in Oregon and Washington) will pilot a BRAIN Initiative ‘regional cluster’ in the spring and summer of 2015 to bring together the research, clinical, industry, academic, education, public, and advocacy communities to highlight and build on the BRAIN Initiative themes and goals in the Pacific Northwest. By aligning a series of neuroscience events and conferences, this “BRAIN BRIDGE” aims to be an innovative model for ...

The Neurotechnology Architecting Network is committing to mentoring and training innovators who will develop new technologies to meet the goals of the BRAIN Initiative:

The Neurotechnology Architecting Network is an open organization of innovators across many for- and non-profit institutions who are developing tools and technologies to reveal how the brain works. This network will aim to create a distributed “neurotech valley” that will disseminate these tools to further both the basic understanding of the brain, as well as its repair.

Web Information

Website:   neuroarchitecting.org/ YouTube Channel:  

Contact Information

Email: info@neuroarchitecting.org

Selected Companies

Kendall Research Systems Leaf Labs Neuromatic Devices 3Scan

Background

The BRAIN Initiative Fact Sheet 9/30/14

The Neurotechnology Architecting Network is committing to mentoring and training innovators who will develop new technologies to meet the goals of the BRAIN Initiative:

The Neurotechnology Architecting Network is an open organization of innovators across many for- and non-profit institutions who are developing tools and technologies to reveal ow the brain works. In support of the goals of the BRAIN Initiative, the Neurotechnology Architecting Network is committing to mentoring and training innovators who will design, prototype, assess, and distribute at least a dozen technologies for mapping, ...