Última Conferência

2 Fevereiro 2011
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Auditório 2 18h00

Resumo da conferência
Poucas áreas do conhecimento trazem mudanças fundamentais tão rapidamente como a Ciência e a Medicina. A conferência proferida pela Doutora Judy Illes incidirá sobre as possibilidades (cada vez maiores) de se adquirirem assinaturas do “self” – dos genes ao cérebro – através do uso da ressonância magnética funcional bem como de outras neurotecnologias modernas.
Quais serão as implicações dos novos avanços para a compreensão das pessoas enquanto seres biológicos, para o bem-estar do cérebro e para a sociedade? As respostas a estas questões residem no delicado equilíbrio entre o conhecimento, a autonomia, os valores e a privacidade.

Judy Illes é Directora do Programa de Neuroética no Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics. A sua investigação está focada nos desafios éticos, legais sociais e políticos nas neurociências.

Judy Illes is Professor of Neurology and Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics at the University of British Columbia. She is Director of the National Core for Neuroethics at UBC, and faculty in the Brain Research Centre at UBC and at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. She also holds affiliate appointments in the School of Population and Public Health and the School of Journalism at UBC, and in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. USA.

Illes' research focuses on the ethical, legal, social and policy challenges specifically at the intersection of the neurosciences and biomedical ethics. This includes studies on functional neuroimaging in basic and clinical research, regenerative medicine, dementia, addiction, and the commercialization of cognitive neuroscience. She also leads a robust program of research and outreach devoted to improving the literacy of neuroscience and engaging stakeholders on a global scale.

Illes is an internationally recognized author, lecturer, and mentor. She is a co-founder and Executive Committee Member of the Neuroethics Society, a member of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, and a former member of the Internal Advisory Board for the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (CIHR) and of the Institute of Medicine, Forum on Neuroscience and Neurological Disorders. Illes is editor of the American Journal of Bioethics (AJOB)-Neuroscience, co-Editor of Neuroethics: Defining the Issues in Theory, Practice and Policy (Oxford University Press, 2006) and the Oxford Handbook of Neuroethics (Oxford University Press, Forthcoming, 2010). Illes was co-Chair of the Committee on Women in Neuroscience (C-WIN) for the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) from 2005–2008, and now serves as Chair of the new Committee on Women in World Neuroscience (WWN) for the International Brain Research Organization (IBRO).

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