Inform, Engage, Activate.

*NEW* Opportunities for Neuroethics Travel Awards for up to $250!  Applications due May 31, 2013. More information here.

Welcome to Emory University's Neuroethics Program. The Neuroethics Program is an interdisciplinary, inter-departmental group of scholars interested in the intersection of neuroscience, ethics, and society. The Program aims to become a center of excellence that informs responsible applications of neuroscience in research, the clinic, and society as well as engages and activates our community in neuroethics discourse.

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Vision

The Neuroethics Program aspires to create and support a community of scholars to collaboratively explore the ethical and social implications of neuroscience and emerging neurotechnologies.

Mission

The Neuroethics Program has 3 primary initiatives:

Education and Outreach
- Create innovative educational resources in neuroethics.
- Disseminate neuroethics curricula and instructional materials to students, staff, and faculty at Emory and at other universities.
- Provide fellowships and other opportunities for training and education in neuroethics.
- Create public programs to educate the community about neuroethical issues.

Research and Scholarship
- Promote innovative research at the intersection of neuroscience and ethics, and generate and disseminate scholarly interdisciplinary work.
- Provide fellowships for doctoral research, and host conferences and workshops facilitating neuroethics discourse and scholarship.

Advising and Consulting
- Provide neuroethics consultations for policy and lawmakers, corporate and not-for-profit organizations, and scientists and clinical service providers.

The Neuroethics Scholars Program

*NEW* Opportunities for Neuroethics Travel Awards for up to $250!  Applications due May 31, 2013. More information here.

Are you interested in the ethical and social implications of neuroscience and neurotechnology? The call for applications is now closed.

The Neuroethics Program of the Emory Center for Ethics is proud to offer competitive Neuroethics Scholars Program Fellowships. The program is open to Emory graduate students in any discipline who want to develop their interests at the intersection of neuroscience and ethics.

Sponsored by the Emory Center for Ethics and its Neuroethics Program, and funded by the Emory Neurosciences Initiative, the Neuroethics Scholars Program is an unprecedented opportunity for Emory graduate students to become active in the national Neuroethics community.

Important Dates:

Information Session: May 30, 2012 Information Session @ the Center for Ethics Rm 150
Deadline for all applications materials: June 15, 2012
Duration of fellowship: August 31, 2012-August 30, 2013

The call for applications is now closed. To view our Fall 2012 call for applications, please click here. To keep up with latest Neuroethics Program opportunities, please subscribe here.

Current Fellows

Cyd Cipolla

Kristina Gupta

Jason Shepard

Riley Zeller-Townsen

Events

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Neuroethics Scholars Program Applications were due June 15, 2012! Stay tuned to find out about future opportunities!

The Neuroethics Program of the Emory Center for Ethics is proud to offer competitive Neuroethics Scholars Program Fellowships. The program is open to Emory graduate students in any discipline who want to develop their interests at the intersection of neuroscience and ethics. Applications were due June 15, 2012.  For more information on the past fellowship call, click here.

Neuroethics Journal Club

• January 2330, 2013 facilitated by Dr. Terrell Brotherton, The Sexed Brain: Science and Ideology, Neuroethics (2012).
• February 27, 2013 faciliated by Psychology grad student, Katy Renfro, Real-time functional magnetic imaging-brain-machine interface and virtual reality: promising tools for the treatment of pedophilia, Prog in Brain Research (2011).
• March 27, 2013 facilitated by Neuroscience grad student, Jacob Billings, The pain of social disconnnection: examining the shared neural underpinnings of physical and social pain, Nat Rev Neurosci (2011).
• April 24, 2013 facilitated by Neuroethics Scholar, Riley Zeller-Townsen, Forebrain Engraftment by Human Glial Progenitor Cells Enhances Synaptic Plasticity and Learning in Adult Mice, Cell Stem Cell (2013)

Please RSVP to akear@emory.edu to attend as seating is limited. Journal Clubs for Spring 2013 will be held in the Center for Ethics Room 162 from 12-1pm. Lunch is provided.

Contact Us

General Contact Info

neuroethics@emory.edu

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People

Paul Root Wolpe, PhD:  Director, Center for Ethics  

Karen S. Rommelfanger, PhD: Program Director, Neuroethics Program 

Gillian Hue, PhD:  Program Associate, Neuroethics Program 

Cyd Cipolla

Kristina Gupta

Jason Shepard

Riley Zeller-Townsen

Julia Marshall

Caitlin McCoyd

We've recently started an Ambassador's opportunity. Ambassadors are designated members from a variety of departments who assist in connecting their peers to the Emory Neuroethics Program and upcoming events.

Want to be an ambassador for your program? Please contact neuroethics@emory.edu Privileges include priority seating at events and opportunity to write for The Neuroethics Blog.

Emory:

     Shezza Shagarabi (Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology) sshagar@emory.edu

     Irina Lucaciu (Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology) ilucaci@emory.edu

GA Tech:

      Ethan Craig (Biomedical Engineering) ecraig3@gatech.edu

      Anjana Kallarackal (Society, Technology, and Culture) akallarackal3@gatech.edu

Georgia State University:

       Lily Simmons (Philosophy)  lsimmons21@student.gsu.edu

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Interested in contributing content to the blog? Contact us at neuroethics@emory.edu.