Dr. Judy Illes, Professor of Neurology, Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Dr. 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 also holds an appointment as Adjunct Professor in the School of Population and Public Health at UBC and as a Faculty Affiliate of Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Illes is a co-Founder and Executive Committee member of the Neuroethics Society, and Chair of Women in World Neuroscience for IBRO. Dr. Illes conducts high impact, high visibility research on the ethical, legal, social and policy challenges at the intersection of neuroscience and biomedical ethics. Her work advances the discovery, translation and commercialization of new technologies for the brain into society to promote human well-being across cultures and nations, optimize brain health, mitigate the consequences of diseases of the brain such as addiction and dementia, and expand the engagement of key stakeholders in neuroscience on a global scale.