The Neuroethics Studies Program of the Pellegrino Center for Clinical Bioethics at
Georgetown University Medical Center, in conjunction with the
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues presents...
MINDING GRAY MAT TERS
Neuroethics, the BRAIN Initiative and Beyond
Neuroscience, and the Brain Research
through Advancing Innovative
Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative
launched by the Obama Administration
give rise to three critical ethical
issues: the capacity for consent,
questions of cognitive enhancement,
and the use – and misuse – of
neuroscience in the legal system.
These issues were highlighted in a
recent report from the Presidential
Commission for the Study of
Bioethical Issues (PCSBI) titled Gray
Matters: Topics at the Intersection of
Neuroscience, Ethics, and Society.
Please join us for a half day series
of panel discussions that address
these issues, recommendations
of the PCSBI and the current and
future state of brain science.
With a wine and cheese
reception to follow.
RSVP Katherine Shats at:
[email protected]
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
MEDICAL CENTER
New Research Building Auditorium
4000 Reservoir Rd., NW
Washington, DC 20057
A HALF DAY PANEL DISCUSSION
Monday, April 27, 2015, 12:30-5:00 PM
WELCOMING ADDRESS
Howard Federoff, MD, PhD
Executive Vice President for Health Sciences, and Executive Dean,
School of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center
OVERVIEW
Stephen L. Hauser, MD
Chair, Neurology Department, University of California, San Francisco;
member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues;
co-author, “Gray Matters”
MODERATOR
James Giordano, PhD, MPhil
Chief, Neuroethics Studies Program, Pellegrino Center for Clinical
Bioethics, and Professor of Neurology, Georgetown University
Medical Center; Co-director, O’Neill Institute-Pellegrino Center
Program in Brain Science and Global Health Law and Policy
PANEL DISCUSSIONS
PANEL ONE: THE CAPACITY FOR CONSENT
Michelle Groman, JD
Associate Director, Presidential Commission for the Study of
Bioethical Issues
Kevin FitzGerald, PhD, PhD, SJ
Dr. David P. Lauler Chair for Catholic Health Care Ethics at
Georgetown University Medical Center)
William D. Casebeer, PhD
Research Area Manager, Human Systems Optimization, Lockheed
Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories
PANEL TWO: COGNITIVE ENHANCEMENT
Misti Ault Anderson, MS, MA
Senior Research Analyst, Presidential Commission for the Study of
Bioethical Issues
John Shook PhD
Lecturer in Philosophy, Bowie State University, Maryland; and
Research Associate in Philosophy, University of Buffalo, NY
PANEL THREE: NEUROSCIENCE IN THE LAW
Nicolle K. Strand JD, M.Bioethics
Research Analyst, Presidential Commission for the Study of
Bioethical Issues
John VanMeter, PhD
Professor of Neuroscience, and Director, Center for Functional and
Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University Medical Center
Katherine Shats, LLB, LLM
Associate, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law;
Coordinator, O’Neill Institute-Pellegrino Center Program in Brain
Science and Global Health Law and Policy