Categories: Penn State Neuroscience, NIH BRAIN Researchers, Neural Engineering, Neuroethics people, Neuromodulation researchers, Mason Neuroscience Alumni
Research interests include neural engineering, neurosurgery, epilepsy, Parkinson's Disease, wave mechanics, brain machine interfaces, EEG, electrical fields, and control theory.
OnAir Post: Steven Schiff
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.
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
Stanley Center Email: stanleyadmin@broadinstitute.org
Phone: 617) 714-8400
Address: Broad Institute 415 Main St. Cambridge, Mas. 02142
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 ...
OnAir Post: Steven E. Hyman, MD – Harvard
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.
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
Email: mfarah@neuroethics.upenn.edu
Phone: (215) 573-3531
Address: 3720 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104
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
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
Science Educator Award, Society for Neuroscience (2013) Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010) William James Fellow (Lifetime Achievement Award), Association for Psychological ...
OnAir Post: Martha Farah, PhD – UPenn
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.
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
Email: jilles@mail.ubc.ca
Phone: (604) 822-0746
Address: 2211 Wesbrook Mall National Core for Neuroethics Koerner S124 Vancouver BC Canada V6T 2B5
1981: Brandeis University
1983: McGill University
1987: Stanford University
2001: Department of Medical History and Ethics, University of Washington
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, ...
OnAir Post: Judy Illes, PhD – UBC
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology at Emory University Secondary appointment, Department of Psychiatry Program Director, Emory’s Neuroethics Program
Dr. Rommelfanger’s current research explores the nature and utility of placebo using Psychogenic Movement Disorders as a therapeutic model. She is also the Neuroscience Editor-in-Residence for the American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience.
Emory web page: http://ethics.emory.edu/people/Faculty/Karen_Rommelfanger.html
Personal website: http://karenrommelfanger.com/
Neuroethics Blog: http://www.theneuroethicsblog.com/
NEW Leaders website: http://neuroethicswomenleaders.com/
Email: krommel@emory.edu
Phone: (404) 727-1150
Address: 1531 Dickey Drive Atlanta, Georgia 30322
Karen Rommelfanger is the Neuroethics ProgramDirector at the Center for Ethics and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology with a secondary appointment in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Rommelfanger received her PhD in Neuroscience from Emory University, her research focused on movement disorders. Her current research explores the nature and utility of placebo using Psychogenic Movement Disorders as a therapeutic model. She is also the Neuroscience Editor-in-Residence for the American Journal of Bioethics Neuroscience.
Dr. Rommelfanger has been a neuroscience researcher for over 10 years and her work has been published in high-impact peer-reviewed journals such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and the Journal of Neuroscience; her research on Parkinson Disease has been featured in the popular media including Scientific American. She has presented ...
OnAir Post: Karen Rommelfanger, PhD – Emory
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.
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 ...
OnAir Post: Nadine Kabbani
President of the University of Pennsylvania Professor of Political Science in the School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Communication in the Annenberg School for Communication Chair, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
Since becoming president in 2004, she has been an outspoken advocate for increased access to higher education, and has led Penn to become the largest university to establish an all-grant policy for all undergraduate students who qualify for financial aid.
UPenn webpage: http://www.upenn.edu/president/meet-president/biography
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues website: http://bioethics.gov/
Gray Matters Reports (BRAIN 2015): http://brain2015.onair.cc/neuroscience-ethics-and-society/
Wikipedia Entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Gutmann
Email: presweb@pobox.upenn.edu
Phone: (215) 898-8721
Address: Office of the President University of Pennsylvania 1 College Hall, Room 100 Philadelphia, PA 19104-6380
Harvard University, Ph.D., Political Science, 1976
London School of Economics, M.Sc., Political Science, 1972
Harvard-Radcliffe College, B.A., magna cum laude, 1971
The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) is an advisory panel of the nation’s leaders in medicine, science, ethics, religion, law, and engineering. The Bioethics Commission advises the President on bioethical issues arising from advances in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology. The Bioethics Commission seeks to identify and promote policies and practices that ...
OnAir Post: Amy Gutmann, PhD – UPenn
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.
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
Email: hgreely@stanford.edu
Phone: 650 723.2517
Address: Neukom Building Room N361
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 ...
OnAir Post: Henry T. Greely, JD – Stanford
Web: Schar School page NSF Announcement LinkedIn page Krasnow Institute Website Decade of the Mind
Email: jolds@gmu.edu Phone: Address:
September 3, 2014
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has selected George Mason University’s James L. Olds to serve as assistant director for the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO). BIO’s mission is to enable discoveries for understanding life. BIO-supported research advances the frontiers of biological knowledge, increases our understanding of complex systems, and provides a theoretical basis for original research in many other scientific disciplines.
Olds is a director and chief academic unit officer at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study, a position he has held for 15 years. He is also the Shelley Krasnow University Professor of Molecular Neuroscience. The international Decade of the Mind project was begun under his leadership at Krasnow, which helped shape President Obama’s BRAIN Initiative.
“Dr. Olds has a strong record of academic leadership with an institution that has grown its global presence during his tenure,” said NSF Director France A. Córdova. “In addition to his leadership, his commitment to interdisciplinary research at Krasnow and his experience with developing scientific policy will be of great benefit to NSF and ...
OnAir Post: James Olds
Chief of the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. Co-chair of Neuroethics Committee, MCWG – BRAIN Inititative
Dr. Grady’s research focuses on the ethics of clinical research, especially subject recruitment, incentives, vulnerability, informed consent, and international research ethics. She is currently a member of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues; and also a senior research fellow at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and an elected fellow at the American Academy of Nursing and at the Hastings Center.
NIH Webpage: bioethics.nih.gov/people/grady-bio
Presidential Commision page: bioethics.gov/christine-grady
NIH Clinical Center page: clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/SeniorStaff/christine_grady
Email: cgrady@cc.nih.gov
Phone: 301-496-2429
Address: 10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD 20892
Dr. Christine Grady is chief of the Clinical Center’s Department of Bioethics. Her research focuses on research subject recruitment, incentives, vulnerability, and international research ethics. Dr. Grady has written widely in books and scholarly journals on topics in bioethics, HIV disease, and nursing.
Dr. Grady received a bachelor’s degree in nursing and biology from Georgetown University, a master’s degree in community health nursing from Boston College, and a doctoral degree in philosophy and bioethics from Georgetown University.
She is currently a member of President Obama’s Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues. She is a senior research fellow at the Kennedy Institute ...
OnAir Post: Christine Grady, RN/PhD – NIH
Senior Science Policy Analyst, NINDS
Dr. Ramos supports the coordination and oversight of three main NINDS efforts: the NIH BRAIN Initiative; the work of NINDS’s Office of Scientific Liaison communicating information on the basic and translational research funded by NINDS to diverse scientific audiences; and the work of the Office of Pain Policy. She also serves as Executive Secretary and NIH liaison for the Neuroethics Workgroup of the BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group.
LinkedIn web page: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/khara-ramos-ph-d/58/b6b/8b2
Twitter handle: @KharaRamos
Email: Khara.Ramos@nih.gov
Phone: 301.594.2614
Address: 31 Center Drive, Building 31 room 8a311 Bethesday, 20892
Stanford University Bachelor of Science (BS), Symbolic Systems 1997 – 2001
University of California, San Diego Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Neurosciences 2002 – 2007
University of Colorado at Boulder Postdoctoral Fellow September 2007June 2012(4 years 10 months)
Studied the role of central nervous system (CNS) endothelial cells in mediating chronic pain states and opioid-induced CNS inflammation
Activation of adult rat CNS endothelial cells by opioid-induced toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) signaling induces proinflammatory, biochemical, morphological, and behavioral sequelae PM Grace, KM Ramos, KM Rodgers, X Wang, MR Hutchinson, MT Lewis, … Neuroscience 280, 299-317 (2014)
Morphine activates neuroinflammation in a manner parallel to endotoxin X Wang, LC Loram, K Ramos, AJ ...
OnAir Post: Khara Ramos, PhD – NINDS
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.
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/
Email: james.giordano@georgetown.edu
Phone: 202-687-1160
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 ...
OnAir Post: James Giordano, PhD – Georgetown
