Neuroethics Studies Program of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University serves as a resource and nexus for addressing the issues, questions, problems and resolutions fostered by applications of neuroscience in medicine, and public life and health upon the global stage.
The Neuroethics Studies Program cooperates with the Human Science Center of the Ludwig-Maximilians University; Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts; and Kumamoto University, Japan. This establishes the Neuroethics Studies Program as part of a larger network of scholarship, and provides opportunities to engage specific programs with cohort institutions.
Web Information
Webpage: https://clinicalbioethics.georgetown.edu/neuroethicsprogram
Blog: https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/pccb/author/sw462/
Brochure: https://georgetown.app.box.com/s/iyfdx2xh50p835964yiq
Neurobioethics.org site: http://www.neurobioethics.org/
Contact Information
Email: james.giordano@georgetown.edu
Phone: (202) 687.1160
Address: Bldg. D, Rm 238 4000 Reservoir Road, N.W., Washington D.C. 20007-2197
About the Program
AT THE INTERSECTION OF NEUROSCIENCE, MEDICINE, AND SOCIETY…
“The study of the causes of things must be preceded by the study of things caused” Hughlings Jackson, 1875
The past 10 years have borne witness to an accelerated pace of neuroscientific advancement, due in part to both 1) expansion within its constituent disciplines, and 2) the conjoinment of new disciplines, within both the sciences and humanities. At present, neuroscience is being increasingly employed to explore the basis of consciousness, cognition, emotion and behavior, and its techniques, technologies and knowledge are rapidly being ...
