Bringing Indigenous ways of knowing to neuroscience

University of British Columbia researchers, including IBI Chair Dr. Judy Illes, are working with Indigenous scholars and communities to bring Indigenous perspectives into brain science. Click the title to read more.

NIH-Funded Experts Offer New Guidance for Navigating Ethical and Legal Challenges in Brain Research Using Portable MRI Technologies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 31, 2025   NIH-Funded Experts Offer New Guidance for Navigating Ethical and Legal Challenges in Brain Research Using Portable MRI Technologies Contact: Jeff Holmquist, Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences, holmq162@umn.edu; University Public Relations, unews@umn.edu MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (1/31/2025) — The expanding deployment of highly portable […]

From Sci-fi to Sci-fact: New developments in neurotechnology for health and beyond

2025 BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK – ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED NEUROETHICS LECTURE 2025 Distinguished Neuroethics Speaker: Laura Y. Cabrera, PhD, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Neuroethics, Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Philosophy, and Bioethics, Pennsylvania State University Panelists: Benoit-Antoine Bacon, PhD, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia Christopher R. Honey, MD, […]

The International Neuroethics Society’s Public Communication and Publishing Affinity Group releases Neuroethics Magazine

The International Neuroethics Society’s Public Communication and Publishing Affinity Group released its inaugural issue of the Neuroethics Magazine, dedicated entirely to answering the foundational question: What is neuroethics?. This first-of-its-kind publication sets the stage for exploring the intersection of neuroscience and ethics. Click the title to read the issue.

Coyote Practices Neuroscience: The Cultural Determinants of Indigenous Brain Health and Settler Colonialism

Join the upcoming Neuroscience & Neurotechnology Seminar, hosted by SFU’s Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology, on January 27th at 2:00pm PST! Topic: Coyote Practices Neuroscience: The Cultural Determinants of Indigenous Brain Health and Settler Colonialism Speaker: Dr. Michael Yellow Bird, Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba Abstract: Coyote is a trickster, a survivor, […]

Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Judy Illes is elected as a Fellow of the Hastings Center

The Hastings Center recently announced the election of its 2024 Fellows, including Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Judy Illes. Hastings Center Fellows are a group of more than 200 individuals of outstanding accomplishment whose work has informed scholarship and public understanding of complex ethical issues in health, health care, science, and technology. For more details, please visit: […]

How Neuroethicists Are Grappling With Artificial Intelligence

Neuroethicists, including Neuroethics Canada’s Dr. Judy Illes, weigh in on the ethical implications of the AI tools currently available to neurologists and where it could go next. Click the title to read more.

Dr. Judy Illes serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of EuroBioImaging

Dr. Judy Illes had the pleasure to serve on the Scientific Advisory Board of EuroBioImaging this past week at the EMBL in Heidelberg, Germany. There were opportunities for robust exchanges among colleagues in many different forms of reality.

What’s new in spinal cord repair?

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS Wednesday, Nov 6, 2024 12:00PM – 1:00PM PST Join us for an interactive virtual event about research being conducted by the UBC-led “Mend the Gap” team for spinal cord injury (SCI). Drs. John Madden, director of the research program, Wolf Tetzlaff, associate director and lead of the biology and medicine team, and Tanya […]

Dr. Judy Illes participates in the World Health Organization consultation on neurotechnologies

Dr. Judy Illes participated in the World Health Organization consultation on neurotechnologies on October 1, 2024 and chaired the breakout group focused on advances in neuroimaging.