French Scholar Lecture Series

2014 “Neuromodulation today and tomorrow: can doctors change my brain functions?” Wednesday, March 12, 2014 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Centre for Brain Health, Lecture Theatre, Rm 101 (found below the main floor) 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3 Dr. Elena Moro, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Grenoble, will be […]

Speaker’s Corner at NeuroDevNet’s Brain Development Conference 2013

Core’s Dr. Judy Illes and Dr. Grace Lee featured at the Speaker’s Corner during NeuroDevNet’s Brain Development Conference 2013.   Watch Dr. Illes’ spot at 0:17: Watch Dr. Lee’s spot at 0:28:

Orphans to History: A Response to the Bucharest Early Intervention Project Investigators

Dr. Joseph J. Fins on ” Orphans to History: A Response to the Bucharest Early Intervention Project Investigators” at the Bioethics Forum blog.

Brain structure, function predict future memory performance in children, adolescents

Science is GREAT: Superbugs and the Unsustainable Use of Antibiotics

The British Consulate General in Vancouver and Royal Society of Canada (RSC) are working together to bring the North American Science is GREAT series to the University of British Columbia. The panel discussion is titled: Superbugs and the Unsustainable use of Antibiotics. The event will take place on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 on from 6:00 […]

Podcast: Dr. Peter B. Reiner on neuroessentialism and its implications

The Early Edition (CBC) on Friday, October 25, 2013 Dr. Peter B. Reiner on neuroessentialism (the notion that we are our brains, and that when we think of who we are as beings interacting in the world, the we that we think of primarily resides in our brains) and its implications. To listen to the […]

Co-ordinated approach needed to monitor drug therapy for kids

Nina Di Pietro and Judy Illes write for the Vancouver Sun about the use of antipsychotic medications in children.

Podcast: Mysteries of the Brain (Toronto Campaign Celebration 2013)

On November 5th 2013 over 150 UBC Alumni and friends joined Dr. Peter Reiner, Dr. Cheryl Wellington, and Dr. Max Cynader to discuss the “Mysteries of the Brain.” The discussion focused on traumatic brain injury, cognitive enhancement and healthy aging. See more at: https://startanevolution.ubc.ca/events/toronto-celebration-2013-mysteries-brain/ To listen to the podcast, click here.

Progress in Neurobiology-Special Issue

A special issue of Progress in Neurobiology by Kevin R. Peters, Lynn Beattie and Judy Illes.

Podcast: Dr. Judy Illes on neuroethics of brain development

Recorded at NeuroDevNet’s 2013 Brain Development Conference, Sept 2013. Dr. Judy Illes is Professor of Neurology and Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics at the University of British Columbia. In this podcast, Dr. Illes describes what neuroethics is and how we can integrate it within all aspects of brain research. Source: NeuroDevNet on SoundCloud, NeuroDevNet