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 ...

Director of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology Current President of the Society for Neuroscience

The Stanley Center’s primary focus is on severe psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, autism, and ADHD. Dr. Hyman was founder and first President of the International Neurethics Society and still active in the society.

Web Information

Broad Institute webpage:  http://www.broadinstitute.org/steven-hyman 

Steve Hyman Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hyman#cite_note-3

Stanley Center website:  broadinstitute.org/psychiatric-disease/stanley-center-psychiatric-research/

Stanley Center Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Center

INS (BRAIN 2015) profile:  http://brain2015.onair.cc/international-neuroethics-society-ins/

SfN page: http://www.sfn.org/about/volunteer-leadership

Contact Information

Stanley Center Email: stanleyadmin@broadinstitute.org

Phone: 617) 714-8400

Address: Broad Institute 415 Main St. Cambridge, Mas. 02142

Biography

From 2001 to 2011, Hyman served as provost of Harvard University, the university’s chief academic officer. As provost, he had a special focus on the development of collaborative initiatives in the sciences and engineering spanning multiple disciplines and institutions. From 1996 to 2001, he served as director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), where he emphasized investment in neuroscience and emerging genetic technologies. He also initiated a series of large practical clinical trials, including an emphasis on children, a population about which little was known.

Hyman is the editor of the Annual Review ...

Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Natural Sciences at University of Pennsylvania Director, Center for Neuroscience & Society

Dr. Farah is a cognitive neuroscientist who works on problems at the interface of neuroscience and society.  These include: the effects of childhood poverty on brain development, the expanding use of neuropsychiatric medications by healthy people for brain enhancement, novel uses of brain imaging, in e.g. legal, diagnostic and educational contexts, and the many ways in which neuroscience is changing the way we think of ourselves as physical, mental, moral and spiritual beings.

Web Information

Department webpage: http://www.psych.upenn.edu/~mfarah/index.html

Center for Neuroscience & Society website: http://neuroethics.upenn.edu/

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

Contact Information

Email: mfarah@neuroethics.upenn.edu

Phone: (215) 573-3531

Address: 3720 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Biography

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology S.B., 1977, Metallurgy and Materials Science S.B., 1977, Philosophy

Harvard University Ph.D., 1983, Experimental Psychology

MIT and Boston University School of Medicine Postdoctoral studies, 1983-1985, Neuropsychology

Professional History

Carnegie Mellon University Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor of Psychology, 1985-1992

University of Pennsylvania Walter H. Annenberg Professor in Natural Sciences, 2006-present Professor of Psychology, 1992-present Secondary appointments in Neurology (1992-present) and Graduate School of Education (2012-present) Director, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, 1999-2010 Director, Center for Neuroscience & Society, 2009-present

Selected Honors

Science Educator Award, Society for Neuroscience (2013) Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010) William James Fellow (Lifetime Achievement Award), Association for Psychological ...

Professor of Neurology and Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics at University of British Columbia Director of the National Core for Neuroethics at UBC

Dr. Illes is a co-Founder and Member of the Governing Board of the International Neuroethics Society. As a pioneer and eminent scholar in the field of Neuroethics, she has made ground-making contributions to ethical, social, and policy challenges at the intersection of biomedical ethics and neuroscience, including advances in stem cells, neuroimaging, neuroscience and the law, and the commercialization of health care.

Web Information

Department webpage: http://www.ubcneurology.com/Staff

National Core for Neuroethics website: http://neuroethics.med.ubc.ca/

National Core for Neuroethics Blog: https://neuroethicscanada.wordpress.com/

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

Contact Information

Email: jilles@mail.ubc.ca

Phone: (604) 822-0746

Address: 2211 Wesbrook Mall National Core for Neuroethics Koerner S124 Vancouver BC Canada V6T 2B5

Biography

Professional Training

1981: Brandeis University

1983: McGill University

1987: Stanford University

2001: Department of Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington

Academic positions

2008 – present: Adjunct Professor, School of Population and Public Health (University of British Columbia)

2007 – present: Professor of Neurology and Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology (University of British Columbia)

2007 – present: Faculty Associate, Brain Research Centre (University of British Columbia)

2006 – 2007: Associate Professor, ...

The 2015 INS Annual Meeting will be held October 15-16 in Chicago, IL, prior to the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. The INS public program will be held at the Northwestern University Hughes Auditorium, 303 E. Superior Street on October 15.

The main meeting sessions will be held on October 16 at the Art Institute of Chicago, 230 South Columbus Drive. A meeting program with session descriptions and speaker bios is now available. Sign-up to get email notifications from INS.

Web Information

Meeting web pages: http://www.neuroethicssociety.org/annual-meeting

Program

The 2015 INS Annual Meeting will be held October 15-16 in Chicago, IL, prior to the Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting. The INS public program will be held at the Northwestern University Hughes Auditorium, 303 E. Superior Street on October 15. The main meeting sessions will be held on October 16 at the Art Institute of Chicago, 230 South Columbus Drive. A meeting program with session descriptions and speaker bios is now available. Sign-up to get email notifications from INS.

Thursday, October 15

Northwestern University Hughes Auditorium 303 E Superior Street, Chicago, IL

Welcome

5:00pm Barbara J. Sahakian, INS President & University of Cambridge

Is Professional Football Safe? Could We Make It Safer? Perspectives from Neuroscience, Law, and Ethics

Public Program 5:00 – ...

Summary

Associate Professor, Molecular Neuroscience Department, Krasnow Institute of Advanced Studies Director, GMU Program in Neuroethics

Dr. Kabbani’s research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of nicotinic receptor drug actions in the brain and immune system.

Biography

Nadine Kabbani is a faculty member at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study and an Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Neuroscience with joint appointment in the School of Systems Biology. Her research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of nicotinic receptor drug actions in the brain and immune system. She is a member of the Society for Neuroscience, the Protein Society, the Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and the VA Youth Tobacco Project. Dr. Kabbani serves on the editorial board for Amino Acids, Proteomics Insights, and the Children’s Medical Safety Research Institute. She has been the recipient of awards by the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke, the Philip Morris Corporation, the Foundation for Medical Research, and the International Brain Research Organization. Her research is currently funded by the VA Foundation for health youth and the Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation. She is an author on 40+ published scientific articles and several book chapters. Dr. Kabbani pursued postdoctoral ...

Professor of Law, Stanford University Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences Director, Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society (SPINS) At large member, BRAIN Initiative Multi-Council Working Group

Henry Greely specializes in the ethical, legal, and social implications of new biomedical technologies, particularly those related to neuroscience, genetics, or stem cell research.

Web Information

Stanford Webpage:  www.law.stanford.edu/profile/henry-t-greely

SPINS website: https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-program-neuroscience-society/

Stanford Center for Law and the Biosciences (CLB) website: https://law.stanford.edu/center-for-law-and-the-biosciences/

International Neuroethics Society founders: http://www.neuroethicssociety.org/who-are-we

Blog:  blogs.law.stanford.edu/lawandbiosciences/

Twitter: @HankGreelyLSJU

Contact Information

Email: hgreely@stanford.edu

Phone:  650 723.2517

Address: Neukom Building Room N361

BRAIN Blog posts

Turn right at the cerebellum: President Obama maps the brain

Feb. 21, 2013 by Amanda Rubin

This week, the New York Times reported on a new Obama initiative that, in comparison to gun control or the economy, might seem a little frivolous. It’s called the “Brain Activity Map.”

Three Billion Dollars

The name of the project says it all: The goal is to map the connections in the brain in the same way the Human Genome Project mapped out the genes in human DNA. It’s expected to cost about $3 billion dollars over ten years.

If that seems like a pretty heavy price tag for the American people to take on, especially now, just to let scientist go ...

Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program in the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics Professor, Department of Neurology, and Department of  Biochemistry Senior Science Advisory Fellow, DOD

Dr. Giordano’s ongoing research focuses upon the use of advanced neurotechnologies to explore the neurobiology of pain and other neuropsychiatric spectrum disorders; the neuroscience of moral decision-making, and the neuroethical issues arising from the use of neuroscience and neurotechnology in research, clinical medicine, public life, international relations and policy, and national security and defense.

Web Information

Georgetown web page: explore.georgetown.edu/people/jg353/

Center for Clinical Bioethics: clinicalbioethics.georgetown.edu/about

CCNELSI website: ccnelsi.com/index.html

Neuroethics Studies Program web page: clinicalbioethics.georgetown.edu/neuroethicsprogram 

Neuroethics Studies Program (BRAIN 2015 profile): brain2015.onair.cc/neuroethics-studies-program

Neurobioethics.org website: neurobioethics.org/

NeuroBioEthics Blog: neurobioethics.wordpress.com/

Twitter handle: twitter.com/NeuroBioEthics?lang=en

Amazon author’s page: amazon.com/James-Giordano/

Journal of Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine website: peh-med.com/

Contact Information

Email: james.giordano@georgetown.edu

Phone: 202-687-1160

Biosketch

Dr. James Giordano is Chief of the Neuroethics Studies Program in the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics, and Professor in the Department of Neurology and Department of Biochemistry, and Co-director of the O’Neill-Pellegrino Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy at Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. He is Clark Faculty Fellow of Neurosciences and Ethics at the Human Science Center of Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich, Germany, where he previously ...