The Neuroscience and Law Center of Fordham University presents Cutting Edge Developments in Neuroscience and Law.

 

AGENDA: 

8:30—9:00 a.m.    Registration and breakfast

9:00—9:15 a.m.     Welcome

Matthew Diller, J.D.
Dean and Paul Fuller Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law

Deborah W. Denno, Ph.D., J.D.
Arthur A. McGivney Professor of Law, Founding Director, Neuroscience and Law Center, Fordham University School of Law  

9:15—10:55 a.m.

Ethics and the Brain: How Environment Affects Behavior and Brain Development

Martha J. Farah, Ph.D.
Walter H. Annenberg Professor in Natural Sciences
Director, Center for Neuroscience & Society
University of Pennsylvania

Paul W. Glimcher, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Physiology
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
NYU School of Medicine

Yasmin L. Hurd, Ph.D.
Ward-Coleman Chair of Translational Neuroscience
Director, Addiction Institute of Mount Sinai
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Neuroscience and Pharmacological Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Adrian Raine, D.Phil.
Richard Perry University Professor
Departments of Criminology, Psychiatry, and Psychology
University of Pennsylvania

Moderator:
Katja C. Langenbucher
Professor, Private Law, Corporate and Financial Law
Goethe University & SciencesPo

10:55—11:10 a.m.
Break

11:10 a.m.—12:50 p.m.

The Future of Neuroscience and its Moral and Ethical Implications

Peter A. Alces, J.D.
Rita Anne Rollins Professor of Law
William & Mary Law School

Damian M. Lyons, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Founder and Director, Robotics and Computer Vision Laboratory
Fordham University

Thomas Oxley, M.D., Ph.D.
CEO and Founder, Synchron, Inc.

Elizabeth A. Phelps, Ph.D.
Pershing Square Professor of Human Neuroscience
Department of Psychology
Harvard University

Moderator:
Evangeline Shih, J.D.
Partner

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 

12:50—1:50 p.m.
Lunch

1:50—3:30 p.m.

The Ethics of Trauma, Aging, and Brain Irregularities

Adam M. Brickman, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuropsychology
Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain
Department of Neurology
Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University

Natalie Hiromi Brito, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Psychology
New York University

Helen S. Mayberg, M.D.

Director, Center for Advanced Circuit Therapeutics
Professor, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
Mount Sinai Professor of Neurotherapeutics
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Donald W. Pfaff, Ph.D.

Professor and Head of Laboratory
Neurobiology and Behavior
The Rockefeller University

 

Moderator:
Kenneth H. Sonnenfeld, Ph.D., J.D.
Partner
King & Spalding, LLP

3:45—5:25 p.m.

The Law and Ethics of Neuroscientific Development 

Joseph J. Fins, M.D., M.A.C.P., F.R.C.P.
The E. William Davis, Jr., M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics
Chief, Division of Medical Ethics and Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, Consortium for the Advanced Study of Brain Injury
Weill Cornell Medical College
Solomon Center Distinguished Scholar in Medicine, Bioethics and the Law
Yale Law School 

Victoria Phillips, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Assistant Professor
New York University—Langone Medical Center

Jed S. Rakoff, J.D.
Judge
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

Ingrid Walker-Descartes, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., F.A.A.P.
Assistant Professor-SUNY Downstate School of Medicine
Vice Chair of Education-Department of Pediatrics
Program Director – Pediatrics Residency Training Program
Fellowship Director – Child Abuse Fellowship Training Program
Clinical Director of Child Maltreatment Services
Maimonides Children’s Hospital of Brooklyn

Moderator:
Courtney Cox, D.Phil, J.D.
Associate Professor
Fordham University School of Law

5:25—5:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks

5:30—6:30 p.m.

Reception

 

ADDRESS:

Fordham Law School
150 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023
Skadden Conference Center