Neuroscience and Public Policy

11.30.07
Neuroscience & Public Policy Seminar Series

Presenting Embryonic stem cell reseach to the Public
Ian Duncan

Friday, December 7, 2007
4:00PM
281 Medical Science Building

For more information or question, please contact Heather Daniels: npp@mhub.neuroscience.wisc.edu or 262-4932. [PDF] (Link to Schedule & Readings).

11.20.07
Feature article titled On Neuroethics is published in the Science Magazine on November 19th. Link to article

11.19.07
Neuroscience & Public Policy Seminar Course Announcement for Spring 2008

Course Number: Neuroscience 675
This course will address selected topics at the intersection of neuroscience and public policy. It is composed of public lectures followed by an intensive discussion covering the lecture and selected readings. There will be one lecture per month, followed by one or two discussions. Some speakers for Spring 2008 includes Sterling Johnson, Natasha Schull(MIT), and Stacey Tovino (Hamline University).

For more information or question, please contact Ronald Kalil: rekalil@wisc.edu. [PDF]

11.6.07
Neuroscience & Public Policy Seminar Series

Ethical & Policy Issues Arising from Animal/Human Neural Chimeras
Robert Streiffer
Department of Medical History & Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Friday, November 9th, 2007
4:00PM
281 Medical Science Building

For more information or question, please contact Heather Daniels: npp@mhub.neuroscience.wisc.edu or 262-4932. [PDF] (Link to Schedule & Readings).

10.12.07
Not Science as Usual: Become a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
Advancing Science, Serving Society

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Genetics/Biotechnology Center - Room 1360
425 Henry Mall

Speakers include:
Jeremiah Duncan, 2005-07 AAAS Fellow at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Tom Zinnen, 2000-01 Congressional Fellow and Biotechnology Policy and Outreach Specialist

Since 1973, nearly 2,000 AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellows have bridged the divide between science and public policy, gaining significant knowledge about the federal government system while advancing their careers and helping promote science in the U.S. and around the globe.

For more information or question, please contact Brianne Miers: bmiers@aaas.org or 202-326-6481. (Link to website)

10.8.07
Neuroscience & Public Policy Seminar Series

Current Perspectives and Unanticipated Ethical Issues with Implantable Brain Devices
Justin Williams

Friday, October 19th, 2007
4:00PM
281 Medical Science Building

This talk will center on many of the recent advances in neural implant technology that may find their way into clinical use in the near future. With many of these impending technologies on the clinical horizon, a number of ethical issues have arisen, many that have been anticipated, some largely unforeseen, and a few that are quite surprising.

For more information or question, please contact Heather Daniels: npp@mhub.neuroscience.wisc.edu or 262-4932. [PDF] (Link to Schedule & Readings).

9.21.07
Neuroscience & Public Policy Seminar Series

The Definition of Death: Problems and Solutions
Norman Fost
Department of Pediatrics and Department of Medical History & Bioethics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Friday, September 21th, 2007
4:00PM
281 Medical Science Building

For more information or question, please contact Heather Daniels: npp@mhub.neuroscience.wisc.edu or 262-4932. [PDF] (Link to Schedule & Readings).

8.31.07
Neuroscience and Public Policy Seminar

Neuroscience 675 (Also meets with La Follette course 974)
Instructor: Ronald Kalil

Seminar: Friday, 4:00PM
Discussion: Tuesday, 11:00 - 1:00PM
Location: 281 Medical Science Building

This Seminar will address selected topics at the intersection of neuroscience and public policy. The course is composed of public lectures followed by an intensive discussion covering the lecture and selected readings. There will be one lecture per month followed by one or two discussion sections. Fall 2007 speakers will be Norman Fost, Robert Streiffer, Ian Duncan, and Justin Williams. [PDF] (Link to Schedule & Readings).

4.15.07
Two students form the first entering class for Dual-Degree Program. Patric Hernandez and Lindsay Pascal will enter in Fall 2007.

3.19.07
Neuroscience and Public Policy Speaker

Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense
Jonathan Moreno
University of Pennsylvannia

Wednesday, March 28
4:00 pm
B1118 Biochemistry

A reception will follow the lecture in the lobby.
Sponsored by Society for Neuroscience Chapters Grant and the Neuroscience and Public Policy Dual-Degree Program. [PDF]

3.11.07
Feature article titled The Brain on the Stand is the cover story of the New York Times Sunday Magazine. Link to article

3.1.07
The Dual-Degree Program in Neuroscience and Public Policy is currently accepting applications for its second class that will matriculate in Fall 2008. Application deadline is January 1, 2008. Please see the Admissions web page for more details.

10.11.06
The Neuroscience and Public Policy Program was mentioned as a new graduate program in the Fifth-Year Progress Report on the Strategic Plan. For more information, see the Strategic Plan web site.