📸 Dr. Judy Illes and Dr. Olivia Matshabane celebrate the leadership of women worldwide, guided by the theme "UBUNTU", in Cape Town, South Africa! #WomenInSTEM

📣 The Hastings Center for Bioethics announces its inaugural cohort of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Global Bioethics Mentorship Program, where SNF Scholars pair with Hastings Center Fellows to advance each scholar’s research and career goals. www.thehastingscenter.org/news/the-has...

🔎 Dr. Judy Illes recently presented on the intersections between #neuroethics, the environment, and the exposome at a special workshop held at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in Daegu, Korea, on October 22, 2025. (1/2)

🤖 Bringing research beyond the lab by actively recruiting participants and building connections that make our work possible! Katelyn Teng, an undergraduate research assistant at the Neuroscience, Engagement and Smart Tech Lab, is at the PAWS event today for her project on pet therapy.

👏 Congrats to Dr. Judy Illes on receiving the Canadian Science Policy Centre 2025 Trailblazer Award, recognizing her pioneering work & its profound impact on shaping the future of science, innovation & policy in Canada: https://ow.ly/ka3q50X5OB6 Neuroethics Canada @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social

CSPC is thrilled to announce the winners of the CSPC 2025 Awards! Congratulations to the outstanding individuals whose contributions are shaping the future of science, innovation, and policy in Canada: https://sciencepolicy.ca/posts/category/awards/2025-awards/ #CdnSci #CdnInnovation #CSPC2025

We are pleased to share that Neuroethics Canada's Dr. Judy Illes has been awarded the @sciencepolicy.ca 2025 Trailblazer Award (Science for Policy) in recognition of her pioneering work and its profound impact on policy making in Canada and around the world! 👏 🎉 sciencepolicy.ca/posts/judy-i...

"Neuroethics Canada director Judy Illes said Musk politics should not have any bearing on the clinical trial. While she said the global health cuts are troubling, they should be “compartmentalized” from Neuralink’s research in Canada."

Some doctors and bioethicists are raising concerns about a Toronto hospital’s partnership with a company founded by U.S. billionaire Elon Musk. Read the full article here: vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/09/19/e...

In BC, five people die every day due to unregulated drug overdoses. Many of these deaths occur after an overdose leads to cardiac arrest. Harjeev Sudan explores the ethical challenges along the continuum of care for substance use disorders and more.

Neuroscience, Engagement, and Smart Tech Lab's research team explores the real-world use of infant sleep monitoring technologies and its impact on parent mental health and medical decision-making. 🔗 www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... #Neuroscience #Neuroethics #BrainHealth #DigitalHealth

In a recent article, researchers Harjeev Sudan, Dr. Daniel Buchman, and Dr. Judy Illes call for a patient-centered reimagining of the ethical standards and approaches to clinical decision-making regarding withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/UAK5T...

📣 Explore the future of tech, health & society at the Connected Minds Conference 2025, where ideas ignite and innovation thrives! 🧠 🗓️ Early Bird registration is now open! www.yorku.ca/research/con... @connectedminds.bsky.social

(1/6) Early Bird Registration is Now Open! Join us in Toronto for the Connected Minds Conference 2025 from October 6–8, 2025! www.yorku.ca/research/con... #ConnectedMinds2025 #BrainsMachinesSociety #InterdisciplinaryResearch #AI #Neuroscience #DigitalHealth #HumanTechnologyInteraction

In line with this conversation, we are pleased to share our article, Principles and Priorities for Responsible Innovation in #Neurotechnology for Canada, published in the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (1/3)

🔎A recent article by Research Money discusses how #neurotechnology is here, but Canada lacks policy and a regulatory framework to manage it. While Canada is home to leading neuroscientists, it is missing an opportunity to lead in policy and governance. researchmoneyinc.com/article/neur...

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Marcello Ienca for being selected as the next president of the International Neuroethics Society! 🎉 🔎 @marcelloienca.bsky.social 🔗 @neuroethics.bsky.social neuroethicssociety.org/posts/ienca-... #Neuroethics #Neuroscience

📖 Chapters in the recently published "Crosscultural Perspectives on Mind and Brain" probe on understandings, knowledge sharing, Two-Eyed Seeing, storytelling, caregiving, capacity-building, respecting, reflecting, communicating, and more. 🔗 Access the book here: shop.elsevier.com/books/crossc...

📣 UBC Graduate School features Neuroethics Canada alumna, Margot Gunning! Through Margot's research, she hopes to help create new structures to support knowledge creation and dissemination that align with the values of women and gender-diverse individuals. 🔗

🤖 Can a robot support our brain health as we get older? Would you want it to? The Designing Innovative Social Robots through end-User ParTicipation project aims to co-create a blueprint for the development of social robots for older adults.

In a recent @ca.theconversation.com article, Drs. Judy Illes and Erik P. Pioro emphasize the importance of consulting healthcare teams and provincial ALS societies before investing in alternative treatments. 📖 Read the full article here:

🧠 Psychosurgery is back. But these are not the ice-pick-through-the-eye-socket lobotomies of the past. No opening of the cranium, no cutting into the brain, no blood. Today's precise psychosurgery presents options for patients with treatment-resistant disorders.

📣 Congratulations to Neuroethics Canada’s Harjeev Sudan for being awarded one of 2025 Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral Program! 🎉 Harjeev's research focuses on opioid overdose-related brain injury and the related ethics and equity considerations. www.centreforbrainhealth.ca/news/doctora...

🤖 What if robots could help us feel calmer, more focused, or more connected? How can robots support brain health & emotional well-being? 🧠 Dr. Julie Robillard discusses the NEST Lab's research into social robots, ethical design, and how technology can foster, not replace, human connection.

🤖 How can robots support brain health & emotional well-being, especially for people with neurological conditions? Dr. Julie Robillard discusses the Neuroscience, Engagement, & Smart Tech Lab's research into social robots, ethical design, and how technology can foster, not replace, human connection.

📣Just published on @elsevierconnect.bsky.social: "Crosscultural Perspectives on Mind and Brain" Chapters span understandings, knowledge sharing, Two-Eyed Seeing, storytelling, caregiving, capacity-building, respecting, reflecting, communicating, and regulating. 📘 shop.elsevier.com/books/crossc...

📍 Applications for the #OxfordWinterNeuroethicsSchool are closing soon! 🧠 The modules aim to equip the next generation of neuroethicists with the tools and insights needed to address the complex methodological challenges within the field. 🌐 Apply here: www.owns.org.uk#apply-to-owns #OWNS2025

The @who.int gathered global experts to map the opportunities and challenges for #neurotechnology in global health. As efforts grow to close data/research & implementation gaps, the focus is shifting toward equity, applicability & responsible innovation. 🔗 iris.who.int/handle/10665...

Since the doors of @ubcmedicine.bsky.social first opened in 1950, many incredible women, including @neuroethicsubc.bsky.social Dr. Judy Illes, have shaped its evolution as a world-class institution and contributed to the health of communities in BC, Canada & the world! www.med.ubc.ca/news/celebra...

📍 Applications for the #OxfordWinterNeuroethicsSchool are closing soon! 🧠 The modules aim to equip the next generation of neuroethicists with the tools and insights needed to address the complex methodological challenges within the field. 🌐 Apply here: www.owns.org.uk#apply-to-owns #OWNS2025

🔎 What happens when high-risk medical devices fail or malfunction, and leave patients irreversibly harmed? 📖 In this @science.org article, researchers describe a no-fault compensation scheme that may offer relief to injured patients in the US. 🔗 www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1...

🧠 As implantable neurotechnologies move from labs to clinics, researchers propose a no-fault compensation model that aims to balance innovation with patient protection.💡 news.ubc.ca/2025/06/new-... #Neuroethics #Neurotechnology #PatientSafety #Ethics

🧠✨ As brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) like Neuralink enter human trials, experts say the U.S. needs a no-fault compensation system to protect patients from life-altering risks. Patients brave enough to try these devices often have no legal safety net. news.ubc.ca/2025/06/new-... #BCI

🧠 The Neuroethics Canada team presents at the 2025 Mend the Gap Symposium (Vancouver, BC)! Mend the Gap is an international team of experts who come together to address the grand challenge of repairing the spinal cord after injury. 🔗 Read more about the initiative here: mendthegap.ubc.ca

With the emergence of implantable brain-computer interfaces exposing patients to unknowns, what happens when these systems fail? In this @science.org article, researchers describe a no-fault compensation scheme that may offer relief to injured patients in the US. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Dr. Judy Illes and Dr. Melissa Perreault are working with Indigenous researchers globally to advocate for and educate about Indigenous neuroethics. 📖: ubyssey.ca/science/deco... #neuroethics #IndigenousNeuroethics #scicomm @ubyssey.ca @ubcmedicine.bsky.social @dmcbrainhealth.bsky.social

🗓️ Join us next Wednesday for an informative discussion session with Prof Judy Illes & Dr David Lyreskog to learn more about the #OxfordWinterNeuroethicsSchool and explore interdisciplinary perspectives and challenges in neuroethics across the Americas🧠 🔗

Want to learn more about the #OxfordWinterNeuroethicsSchool? Join us for an informative discussion session with Prof Judy Illes & Dr David Lyreskog to explore interdisciplinary perspectives and challenges in neuroethics across the Americas. 🧠 🔗

How do calls to action in neuroethics gain traction—or get lost in translation? In this Policy Forum, researchers recommend that consistent language could be key to improving credibility, acceptance, and implementation. 📖 Read the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.... #Neuroethics

🗓️ Join us for an informative discussion session with Prof Judy Illes & Dr David Lyreskog to learn more about the #OxfordWinterNeuroethicsSchool and explore interdisciplinary perspectives and challenges in neuroethics across the Americas. 🧠 🔗

📍 Applications for the #OxfordWinterNeuroethicsSchool are closing soon! 🧠 The modules aim to equip the next generation of neuroethicists with the tools and insights needed to address the complex methodological challenges within the field. 🌐 Apply here: www.owns.org.uk#apply-to-owns #OWNS2025

Join us for an informative discussion session with Prof Judy Illes & Dr David Lyreskog to learn more about the #OxfordWinterNeuroethicsSchool and explore interdisciplinary perspectives and challenges in neuroethics across the Americas. 🧠 🔗 events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4531d2...

💡 Are you passionate about research & innovation in health care? Join the #VCHRIResearchSummit next week, June 2, to discover how groundbreaking research at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute is transforming patient care in BC and beyond! Register here:

📍 Applications for the #OxfordWinterNeuroethicsSchool are closing soon! 🧠 The modules aim to equip the next generation of neuroethicists with the tools and insights needed to address the complex methodological challenges within the field. 🌐 Apply here: www.owns.org.uk#apply-to-owns #OWNS2025

🗓️ Join us in-person or online next Tuesday, May 27 (12–1 PM PT), for a free seminar to discuss the ethical challenges & opportunities of palliative psychiatry with Dr. Daniel Buchman!🧠 @danielbuchman.bsky.social 🔗 Register here: chspr.ubc.ca/2025/05/07/c... #mentalhealth #bioethics #ethics

Join us for #AAIC25, July 27 - 31, to be front-and-center as groundbreaking discoveries throughout the field are discussed. Help drive the next wave of transformative progress in dementia science. Early-bird registration closes today, May 16 at 11:59PM CT: alz.org/aaic

Don’t miss the VCHRI Research Summit 2025 on June 2! ✨ Join the #VCHRIResearchSummit for insightful discussions on health care equity, accessibility, patient-centered clinical trials, regenerative & personalized medicine and more! Register now:

🗓️ Join us in-person or online on May 27 (12–1 PM PT) for a free seminar to discuss the ethical challenges & opportunities of palliative psychiatry with Dr. Daniel Buchman!🧠 @danielbuchman.bsky.social 🔗 Register here: chspr.ubc.ca/2025/05/07/c... #mentalhealth #bioethics #ethics

On this day in 2002, the Dana Foundation sponsored a landmark meeting that helped launch the field of #neuroethics. Since then, Dana has supported @neuroethics.bsky.social, promoted public dialogue, and helped integrate ethics into #neuroscience education and training. Read our story. #neurosociety

In a recent article, researchers highlight key ethics principles for consideration in the #neurotechnology invention-to-commercialization pipeline, and as they may be adapted to other technological domains. rdcu.be/elR7x