Addiction is a brain disease and it still matters* Alan I. Leshner, CEO Emeritus, American Association for the Advancement of Science Location: Gittis Hall 2, 3501 Sansom Street The 2018-2019 CNS Talk Series focuses on Drugs, the Brain and Society. Lectures run 4:30-5:30 followed by discussion and a reception. Our [...]
Policymakers worldwide are looking to neuroscience for an understanding of child development and, in particular, the effects of poverty on child development. Their interest has been sparked by new research on the neuroscience of poverty, which has revealed neural differences associated with poverty and identified possible environmental causes for them. [...]
Join the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs for a collaborative discussion questioning the persistence of the drug war, barriers to change, and achievable solutions. The name of the symposium reflects the persistence of militant drug enforcement after decades of increasing drug problems, mass incarceration, and international [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Dr. Roderick Spears is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, with expertise in headache medicine. He [...]
Hosted by the Penn Memory Center "Alive Inside: Using neuroimaging to detect covert consciousness in the brain-injured patient." Andrew Peterson, PhD - Assistant Professor, Greenwall Faculty Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, George Mason University This presentation provides an ethical analysis of the American Academy of Neurology practice [...]
Psilocybin: Implications for healthy psychological functioning and therapeutics Roland Griffiths, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University Location: Gittis Hall 2, 3501 Sansom Street With generous co-sponsorship by the Dept of Medical Ethics and Health Policy The 2018-2019 CNS Talk Series focuses on Drugs, the Brain and Society. Lectures run [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Dr. Issac Chen is an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, with interests in functional neurosurgery and novel [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Dr. Nina Hsu is a Science policy fellow at AAS, and a Penn NGG alumna. She [...]
The Intercollegiate Psychedelics Summit 2019 is a two day summit on the science, policy, and clinical applications of psychedelics. We hope to cultivate an intercollegiate psychedelics network and advance the discourse of psychedelic science. It is hosted by the Penn Society of Psychedelic Science, a student group at the University [...]
Time to put brain science, not politics, at the centre of drug policy* David Nutt, Neuropsychopharmacology Unit, Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London Location: Gittis Hall 2, 3501 Sansom Street With generous co-sponsorship by the Penn Law School The 2018-2019 CNS Talk Series focuses on Drugs, the Brain and [...]
Controlling Death? The policies, practices, and ethics of choosing when we die Hosted by The Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School April 11-12, 2019 Harvard Medical School Campus, Boston, MA This two-day conference will explore ethical, legal, and clinical aspects of evolving practices of euthanasia and physician-assisted death. How [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk - they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Dr. Rebecca Waller is an Assistant Professor of Psychology. She will be discussing the neural and [...]
We are very excited to announce the Spring 2019 Penn Neuroscience Public Lecture entitled "We can, but should we? Ethical considerations in modern neuroscience". The lecture will be held on Thursday, April 18th at 6:30pm in the Rubenstein Auditorium, Smilow Center for Translational Research. This FREE lecture series will feature [...]
The mind in your pocket: On the neuroethical implications of smartphones as extensions of our minds. Peter Reiner, VMD, PhD Professor of Neuroethics Department of Psychiatry University of British Columbia Tuesday, May 7 12:00 pm Goddard Lab, Room 200 Lunch provided!
The Future of Neuroethics San Raffaele, Milan May 15th – 17th, 2019 Hosted by The Italian Society for Neuroethics and the International Neuroethics Society Vita-Salute San Raffaele University Via Olgettina 58 – Milan, Italy Keynote Speakers Alfred Mele (Florida State University) Barbara Sahakian (University of Cambridge) Carlo Ferrarese (University [...]
Hosted by the Psychoanalysis Unit, UCL London, United Kingdom This conference will be one of the first conferences to explicitly focus on the application of neuroscience and neurobiology to clinical issues. Leading speakers will discuss recently emerging findings in affective neuroscience with immediate clinical relevance. They will focus on [...]
Neurotech Conference Toronto, Canada June 5, 2019 Neurotechnology for High-Consequence Communication and Decision-Making MEETING VENUE Commerce Court West 5th Floor 30 Wellington Street West Toronto, Ontario, M5L 1L5 ORGANIZERS The International Neuroethics Society and Cognixion are hosting a special 1-day conference on Wednesday, June 5, 2019 in Toronto, Canada. Experts from industry, academia and legal [...]
June 5- 6, 2019 Join us for an event celebrating the renovation of the National Historical Landmark Richards and Goddard Medical Laboratories and its renaissance as the home of interdisciplinary brain research at Penn, now housing almost 50 investigators from 14 laboratories, centers, and institutes in 5 schools. More [...]
2019 NeuroPsychoEconomics Conference June 6-7, 2019 Rome, Italy This year’s NeuroPsychoEconomics Conference will be held in Rome, Italy on June 6-7, 2019. The deadline for submissions is March 15. Please be invited to submit your paper or extended abstract for presentation at the conference! For more information, check out the [...]
In the odd years FENS supports the FENS Regional Meeting (FRM). FENS Regional Meetings are national or regional scientific meetings organised by FENS member societies with FENS support and label. FRMs are biennial meetings, alternating with the FENS Forums, which are held on even years. The next FENS Regional meeting [...]
The Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at the Medical College of Wisconsin is sponsoring a day-long conference exploring the link between neuroscience and early childhood deprivation, and the associated ethical issues. Poverty is one of the major factors contributing to disparities in early child development, and in the US, [...]
Call for neuroethics abstracts The International Neuroethics Society (INS) invites researchers from around the world to submit abstracts for presentation at our 2019 annual meeting in Chicago. We welcome abstracts related to the field of neuroethics from any disciplinary background, whether the work is empirical or theoretical. Investigators at all [...]
Registrations to the fifth edition of School of Neuroethics, entitled “Emotions, language, self-control. Neurosciences, cognitive sciences, ethics and clinic of dependencies,” are now open. The School, scheduled in Trieste from 16 to 18 September, will examine the ability of consciously modulating and controlling emotions, desires, brain activity and behavior, especially [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Josh Franklin is a MD/PhD candidate in the Anthropology Department and School of Medicine. The topics [...]
IBRO is the global federation of neuroscience organisations that aims to promote and support neuroscience around the world through training, teaching, collaborative research, advocacy and outreach. More than 80 international, national and regional scientific organisations constitute IBRO's Governing Council which, together with the five IBRO Regional Committees, address the needs [...]
3rd HBP Curriculum Workshop Series - Research ethics and societal impact Graz University of Technology, Austria In this 2-day workshop, scientists from different fields like neuroscience, robotics, AI and medical informatics will provide you with insights on how they consider variables such as sex, gender, age etc. Additionally, experts in ethics [...]
Neuroscience approaches to understanding how ideas and behaviors spread Emily Falk, Annenberg School for Communication Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall 260, 3730 Walnut Street The 2019-2020 theme is Penn Research on Neuroscience and Society. We are featuring faculty from four of Penn’s schools, presenting their research into the social implications [...]
Mapping Neuroethics: An Expanded Vision The 2019 Annual Meeting of the International Neuroethics Society (INS) will gather a diverse group of scholars, scientists, clinicians, and professionals dedicated to the responsible use of advances in brain science. Attendees will participate in intellectually stimulating and dynamic sessions that will explore neuroethics in [...]
October 25, 2019–June 19, 2020; Rome, Italy – This a course of ten monthly meetings from the Neurobioetica (GdN) research group of the Pontifical University Regina Apostolorum in Rome will be composed of seminars, round tables, and the March conference within World Brain Week (as part of Brain Awareness Week). The [...]
Penn grad students, postdocs and RAs, you are invited to lunch with interesting guests. Not a talk – they’ll take 10 minutes to introduce their work, then it’s pure conversation. Sandwiches and drinks served. Ragini Verma, PhD, is a Professor in Section of Biomedical Image Analysis, Department of Radiology. The [...]