The Participants
Sandra Blakeslee
• Freelance science writer
and regular contributor to
the New York Times
Books:
• The Body Has a Mind of
Its
• Phantoms in the Brain
• On Intelligence
The Participants
Arthur L. Caplan
• Emanuel and Robert Hart
Professor of Bioethics
• Chair of the Department
of Medical Ethics
• Director of the Center for
Bioethics at the University
of Pennsylvania
• Column on bioethics for
MSNBC.com
The Participants
Erika Check Hayden
• News and features writer
for Nature
• Freelance writer for
Wired, Discover, and
Foreign Policy
• Teaches science writing
The Participants
Jenn McCormic
•
Assistant Professor of Biomedical
Ethics in the Departments of
Medicine and and Health Sciences
Research at the Mayo Clinic and
College of Medicine
•
Associate Director of the Research
Ethics Resource
•
Member of Women In
Neuroscience and the Society for
Neuroscience
• Co-author of Beyond Sputnik:
US Science Policy in the 21st
Century
The Participants
Tiffany Lohwater
• Public Engagement
Manager at the American
Association for the
Advancement of Science
(AAAS)
• Worked with researchers
and journalists as a public
information officer at
Johns Hopkins University
and Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute.
The Participants
Peter McKnight
• Columnist and member of
the editorial board of the
Vancouver Sun
• Legal analyst for Global
National
• Adjunct professor in the
School of Criminology at
Simon Fraser University
The Participants
Christie Nicholson
• Editor for Scientific
American, online
• Co-created and produced
"Science of Sex”
• Produces and hosts pod
and video casts, including
60 Second Psych, The
Monitor and Instant
Egghead
The Participants
Anthony Phillips
• Professor in the Department of
Psychiatry at the University of
British Columbia
• Founding Director of the UBC
Institute of Mental Health
• Chair of the Advisory Board for
CIHR Institute of
Neurosciences, Mental Health
and Addiction
• Councilor of the Society for
Neuroscience
• Founding member of
Neuroscience Canada
The Participants
Eric Racine
• Director of the
Neuroethics Research Unit
at the IRCM
• Canadian Institute of
Health Research New
Investigator
• Associate editor of
Neuroethics
The Participants
Elaine Snell
• Founder of Snell
Communications
• Senior consultant to the
European Dana Alliance
for the Brain
• Works with the Federation
of European Neuroscience
and the British
Neuroscience Association
The Participants
Sam Weiss
• Director of the Hotchkiss
Brain Institute
• Professor and Scientist at
the University of Calgary
• Holds several patents in
the neural stem cell field
• Founder of two
biotechnology companies
The Participants
Mary Anne Moser
• Science communicator
journalist, book editor, and
award-winning graphic
designer
• Co-editor of Immersed in
Technology: Art and
Virtual Environments
• Founding editor of the
Banff Centre Press
The Participants
Jay Ingram
• Co-host of the Daily Planet
• Hosted Quirks and Quarks, and
hosted two radio documentary
series
• Wrote a weekly science column
in The Toronto Star for 12 years
• Received numerous awards and
honorary degrees for his
outstanding contributions to the
popularization of science
The Participants
Judy Illes
• Canada Research Chair in
Neuroethics
• Director of the National Core
for Neuroethics
• Co-founder of the Neuroethics
Society
• Member of the Dana Alliance
for Brain Initiatives
• Editor of the American Journal
of Bioethics - Neuroscience
The Participants
Kevin Sauvé
• Master’s candidate of Science
Journalism at the University of
British Columbia
• Research intern with the
National Core for Neuroethics
• Recipient of the Health
Research Communications
Award (CIHR)
• Recipient of CTV Globemedia
fellowship