This week saw the annual meeting of the International Neuroethics Society (INS) in Chicago, and researchers from BeGOOD, and the wider NEUROSEC team, were well-represented among those present.

As Program Committee co-chair, Professor Ilina Singh welcomed the attendees from across the world, before later discussing some of the results of the Psychosis:EIE project.

Dr Gabriela Pavarini 

Post-doc Dr Gabriela Pavarini presented the group’s vision of the a new sub-field of study, design bioethics, using purpose-built, engineered tools for empirical bioethics research. As a proof-of-concept, Gabi discussed her experiences in the What lies ahead? study, undertaken with a team of junior international collaborators.

A slide from Gabi’s Talk

Ilina and Gabi were joined by NeuroGene colleagues Drs Rose Musesengwa and Caesar Atuire, and Damian Juma, a Young Leader from the Lancet Commission for Global Mental Health.