Wednesday, June 18, 2025
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PDT
Online event
Register here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4531d276-d4d7-43c8-97d2-3d90fdcdbc37@cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91
Join us for an informative discussion session with Dr. David Lyreskog and Professor Judy Illes to learn more about the Oxford Winter Neuroethics School and explore interdisciplinary perspectives and challenges in neuroethics across the Americas.
Speakers:
Prof. Judy Illes
Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia
Prof. Judy Illes is a Professor of Neurology at the University of British Columbia, where she holds the titles of Distinguished University Scholar and UBC Distinguished Scholar in Neuroethics. She is also the Director of Neuroethics Canada and holds appointments at UBC’s School of Population and Public Health, as well as at the University of Washington.
She has a PhD in Hearing and Speech Sciences and Neuropsychology from Stanford University. She has worked extensively in neuroethics, focusing on the ethical, legal, social, and policy challenges at the intersection of brain sciences and biomedical ethics. Her work includes contributions to understanding language processing in neurodegenerative diseases through high-density EEG and functional MRI.
Professor Illes is involved in several international projects, including serving as the academic lead for Health Canada’s neurotechnology ethics working group and as a delegate to UNESCO. She has published widely in the field, including research on neurotechnology, global mental health, and neuro-AI.
Dr. David Lyreskog
Department of Psychiatry
University of Oxford
Dr David Lyreskog is the Director of the Oxford Winter Neuroethics School, a Senior Researcher with NEUROSEC at Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry, Deputy Director of the Design Bioethics Laboratory, and Co-Investigator on the Horizon Europe project AI-PROGNOSIS. He also leads the Wellcome Ethics & Humanities project Rethinking Collective Minds, exploring the ethical implications of emerging technologies in collective thinking and decision-making.
