Challenge Workshop: Socio-cultural factors in neuroscience

Neuroethics Candada’s Dr. Judy Illes will be delivering a keynote presentation at SFU Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology’s Challenge Workshop on May 15th! Join the discussion on how neuroethics may inform the paths forward so that neuroscience knowledge can be integrated with socio-cultural factors to guide policy and practice! Location: Morris J. Wosk Centre for […]

Harjeev Sudan awarded a 2024 Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Program

Congratulations to Neuroethics Canada’s Harjeev Sudan for being awarded one of 2024 Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s Program! Harjeev completed her BSc at UBC and is entering her second year in the MSc Neuroscience program under the co-supervision of Dr. Judy Illes and Dr. Mypinder Sekhon. Harjeev’s thesis project will focus on clinical practices and […]

UBC Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Studies features Katarzyna Kabacinska’s research

The UBC Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Studies features Neuroscience, Engagement, and Smart Tech (NEST) Lab’s Katarzyna Kabacinska’s research! Click the title to read more.

Viorica Hrincu receives the Top Trainee Presentations award at the 2024 Building the Future – Research Trainee Day and Lecture Series

Congratulations to Neuroscience, Engagement, and Smart Tech (NEST) Lab’s Viorica Hrincu for winning the 3rd place in the Poster Competition (Top Trainee Presentations) at the UBC Faculty of Medicine’s 2024 Building the Future – Research Trainee Day and Lecture Series held on March 7, 2024 at the UBC Life Sciences Centre. Viorica’s poster is on […]

How AI social robots could support people living with dementia and their care providers

Neuroethics Canada’s Neuroscience, Engagement and Smart Tech (NEST) Lab’s Dr. Julie Robillard speaks on how emerging technology can support brain health. Click the title to read more.

Whose Ethics Inform That Code? End-User Perspectives on Embodied Health Technology

February 28, 2024, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Register here: https://datascienceandhealth.ubc.ca/events/whose-ethics-inform-code-end-user-perspectives-embodied-health-technology-0  Speaker: Dr. Julie Robillard, Associate Professor of Neurology & Scientist in Patient Experience at BC Children’s & Women’s Hospitals, UBC Title: Whose Ethics Inform That Code? End-User Perspectives on Embodied Health Technology Abstract: In this presentation, Dr. Robillard will provide an overview of embodied […]

Placebo and the ethics of deception in brain research and clinical care

2024 BRAIN AWARENESS WEEK – ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED NEUROETHICS LECTURE A. Jon Stoessl, CM, MD, Professor of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Tuesday, March 12, 2024 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM C300 Theatre, UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 3B7 (map) Everyone is welcome! This public in-person event is free. […]

Neuroethics Seminar

2025 Neuroethics: Interdisciplinary and international perspectives Laura Y. Cabrera, PhD 2025 Brain Awareness Week – Annual Distinguished Neuroethics Speaker Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Neuroethics Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Philosophy, and Bioethics, Pennsylvania State University Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 11:30AM – 12:30PM PDT Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain […]

Neuroscience Grand Rounds

2025 A Neuroethical Perspective on Early DBS in Parkinson Laura Y. Cabrera, PhD 2025 Brain Awareness Week – Annual Distinguished Neuroethics Speaker Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Neuroethics Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Philosophy, and Bioethics, Pennsylvania State University Wednesday, March 12, 2025 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM PDT […]

Seizing Hope: High Tech Journeys in Pediatric Epilepsy

 Can new technology bring hope to children who have drug-resistant epilepsy? More than 500,000 children in Canada and the USA have epilepsy. About a third of those children continue to have seizures despite taking anti-seizure medications, also known as pediatric drug resistant epilepsy (DRE). Surgery may be one option for them, but what if […]