The NeuroPolicy Affinity Group would like to invite you to join us for our second event of the fall.  We are very excited to have with us Dr. Lisa Lee, the Executive Director of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues.  She will be discussing bioethical issues related to new [...]

Scientists often cite Isaac Newton when crediting the work of others who have come before them: If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Who are those “giants”? We know they are not limited to the sciences. Music has them. So does art. As [...]

Welcome back everyone to a new season of NeuroPolicy!  We have some great events lined up, and are here to announce our first event of the fall.  We are excited to welcome Dr. Richard Conroy, Director of the Division of Applied Science and Technology, from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and [...]

Please join the AAAS Neuropolicy Affinity Group next week, as we continue our series of discussions for 2015, We are excited to welcome Matthew Bailey, the Executive Vice President for the National Association for Biomedical Research, as he discusses: "The Animal Rights Impact on Science" When: Tuesday, June 30th, 2015. 6pm socializing, [...]

Please join the AAAS NeuroPolicy Affinity Group as they welcome Elizabeth Albro and Erin Higgins, from the Institute for Education Sciences, at the Department of Education as they discuss: Improving Education: What Does Neuroscience Have to do With it? RSVP:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13V6D785LiReXTBztRTvJ7nApVb2Zdz4BxZKuaXtCdGk/edit?usp=docslist_api Improving education often focuses on areas where gaps in achievement are evident, such [...]

Please join the AAAS NeuroPolicy Affinity Group next week, as we begin an exciting new month of events! We are excited to welcome Anne Lam and Elan Ohayon, founding members of the Green Neuroscience Laboratory.  Drs. Lam and Ohayon were recently featured in the New York Times, where their new [...]

Chronic pain constitutes a serious health, social and economic issue worldwide. A 2011 Institute of Medicine Report noted that more than 100 million Americans meet the criteria for a chronic pain diagnosis, which leads to more than 500 billion dollars in direct and indirect medical costs annually. Beyond the numbers, [...]

Please join the AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion at AAAS headquarters in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2014, 5:30 – 7:30 pm for an exciting holiday lecture and discussion, “Did My Brain Make Me Do It? Neuroscience and Morality.” Reception to follow. What is the basis of moral [...]

2014 International Neuroethics Society Annual Meeting- Washington, D.C. The 2014 Annual Meeting of the International Neuroethics Society will be held on November 13 and 14.  Activities begin at 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 13 with a public event “Neuroscience Knowledge & the Robotic Mind” and span a full day on Friday [...]