Clinical Neuroethics Affinity Group
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
5:10pm PST / 8:10pm EST
Clinicians who diagnose and treat brain disorders are important contributors to neuroethics, yet career development and funding can pose special challenges for clinician-neuroethicists who often must balance their neuroethics scholarship with clinical responsibilities and training.
Please join us on November 19 for a virtual panel discussion with Dr. Brent Kious (psychiatry), Dr. Eran Klein (neurology), and Dr. Cynthia Kubu (neuropsychology), who will reflect on their experiences in combining clinical work with ethics research and inquiry. If you have questions for the discussion or for specific speakers, please submit them through this online form.
Registration is required to attend this free event held on Zoom.
Agenda
- Moderated panel (50 minutes)
- Q&A session (25 mins)
Panelists
Brent Kious, MD PhD
University of Utah
Dr. Brent Kious, MD PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Program in Medical Ethics and Humanities in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah. He also holds an Adjunct Assistant appointment in the Department of Philosophy. Dr. Kious practices inpatient adult psychiatry, focusing on the treatment of severe, persistent mental illness. His research examines the role of values in psychiatric diagnoses, the ethics of informed consent, and how suffering is assessed at the end of life. A Greenwall Foundation Faculty Scholar, Dr. Kious is also a member of the executive committee of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry, and he has served as Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Utah Psychiatric Association since 2016.
Eran Klein, MD PhD
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland VA Medical Center
Dr. Eran Klein, MD PhD, is an Associate Professor of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University and the Portland VA Medical Center, and is a member of the Neuroethics Research Group at the Center for Neurotechnology at the University of Washington. Dr. Klein’s work spans neurology, neuroscience, and philosophy, focusing on ethical issues surrounding neurotechnology including brain-computer interfaces, neurostimulation, and neuroimaging. He has explored critical topics such as informed consent, patient autonomy, data privacy, and the societal impacts of emerging neurological technologies, particularly in neurodegenerative conditions (e.g., dementia, ALS, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis). His research also addresses the ethical challenges of conducting human research with neural devices and their implications for cognition, identity, and the physician-patient relationship.
Cynthia Kubu, PhD, ABPP-CN
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Dr. Cynthia Kubu, PhD, ABPP-CN is a neuropsychologist, a Professor in the Department of Neurology, and a faculty member in Neuroethics at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine; and is Vice Dean of Faculty Development at the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association and Past President of the Society for Clinical Neuropsychology (Division 40 of the American Psychological Association). She has a long record of work in concert with functional neurosurgery, including involvement in innovative DBS clinical trials and establishing international guidelines for DBS research; her independent research includes an interdisciplinary focus on clinical ethics, neuroscience, psychology and neuromodulation.