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VISITING SCHOLAR POSITION
Visiting Research Scholar in Dementia Knowledge Translation
The Education and Training theme of the Canada Knowledge Translation Network (CDKTN) project at UBC is seeking Visiting Scholars whose interests lie at the intersection of dementia and knowledge translation. The program funds 2-6 month fellowships for investigators, academic faculty and clinicians to conduct research, deliver other scholarly products such as case reviews and books, or produce innovative multimedia materials in dementia or knowledge translation research in Canada. This is an outstanding opportunity to participate in world class research in dementia KT and interact with high calibre scholars at the Neuroethics Core & the UBC Hospital Clinic for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders.
Applicants for these competitive fellowships must hold an MD and/or PhD degree. Scholars selected for the Vancouver-based program will receive both travel support and a monthly stipend. Openings are currently available and applications will be reviewed upon receipt.
To apply, please submit a short statement describing your interest in the scholarship and proposed project, a cover letter and CV c/o Janice Matautia.
CDKTN Newsletter (January 2012)
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Carter, A., Hall, W., Illes, J. (Eds.) Addiction Neuroethics, Elsevier Press, San Diego, 2011.
Illes, J. and Sahakian, B. (Eds.) Handbook of Neuroethics, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011.
Fetal alcohol study to use video games
Cheung, R. The Vancouver Sun (June 2, 2011).
Dementia knowledge translation: A directed search for online resources
Chahal, N., Illes, J. Interactive Journal of Medical Research (2011).
Cross-cultural neuroethics: look both ways
Moheb Costandi, The Dana Foundation (on-line article featuring Drs. Elana Brief and Julie Robillard, January 20, 2011).
PUBLIC SALON PRESENTATION
Public Salon 10: 9 November 2011
Dr. Judy Illes’ Sam Sullivan Public Salon (The Vancouver Playhouse) presentation is now available online.
GRAND ROUNDS VIDEO PRESENTATION
Critical Questions (and Some Answers) for Pediatric Neuroethics
Dr. Judy Illes’ Pediatric Grand Rounds presentation is now available online.
UPCOMING EVENTS
SPECIAL LECTURES
Visiting Professor - Dr. Patricia Churchland
Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us About Morality
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 (5:00-6:30PM)
Location: Green College Coach House, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, UBC (with reception to follow)
What is the Role for Rules in Social Behaviour?
Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012 (10:00AM-12:00PM)
Location: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, 6331 Crescent Road, UBC
(This Talk is co-sponsored by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Distinguished Scholar in Residence Program, Green College, and the UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions).
Meet the Author: Patricia Churchland DIscusses Braintrust
Date: Friday, January 27, 2012 (9:00AM-12:00PM)
Location: Green College Coach House, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, UBC
Date: Saturday, January 28, 2012 (8:15PM)
Location: The Vancouver Institute, Lecture Hall No.2. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, UBC
Patricia Smith Churchland is a professor emerita of philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, and an adjunct professor at the Salk Institute. Her research focuses on the interface between neuroscience and philosophy. She explores the impact of scientific developments on our understanding of consciousness, the self, free will, ethics, and religion. She is author of the groundbreaking book, Neurophilosophy (MIT Press 1986), co-author with T.J. Sejnowski of The Computational Brain (MIT 1992). Brain-Wise was published by MIT Press in 2002. Her current work focuses on morality and the social brain, and appeared in Braintrust: What Neuroscience tells us about Morality, published in March 2011 by Princeton University Press. She has been president of the American Philosophical Association and of the Society for Philosophy and Psychology, and won a MacArthur Prize in 1991 and the Rossi Prize in 2008.
Patricia Churchland’s Cecil H. and Ida Green Visiting Professorship is co-sponsored by Green College and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, UBC.
CAE - THE W. MAURICE YOUNG CENTRE FOR APPLIED ETHICS PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES
Procreative Liberty and Embryo Selection
Guest Speaker: Dr. Inmaculada de Melo-Martin
Date: Monday, February 6, 2012
Time: 3:30-4:30PM
Location: Room 302, Hennings Building, 6224 Agricultural Road, UBC
Practical Wisdom Colloquium Series
“Practical Wisdom: The Right Way to do the Right Thing”
Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012 (8:15PM)
Location: The Vancouver Institute, Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, 2194 Health Sciences Mall, UBC
“Practical Wisdom and its Enemies: Nurturing Good Character in an Age of Rules and Incentives”
Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012 (10:00AM-12:00PM)
Location: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, 6331 Crescent Road, UBC
Dinner at 6:45PM followed by a fireside chat at the Piano Lounge, Graham House, Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, UBC
“Between Rules and Practice: Practical Wisdom in Constitutional Democracies”
Date: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 (6:00PM)
By Invitation Only (Contact Max Cameron: Max.Cameron@ubc.ca)
Location: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, 6331 Crescent Road, UBC
“Doing the Right Thing for the Right Reason: Why Incentives are No Substitute for Character”
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012 (10:00AM-12:00PM)
Location: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, 6331 Crescent Road, UBC
Dinner at 6:45PM followed by a fireside chat at the Piano Lounge, Graham House, Green College, 6201 Cecil Green Park Road, UBC
“Morality Before Religion: Empathy, Fairness and Prosocial Primates”
Date: Thursday, March 8, 2012 (3:00-5:00PM)
Location: Frederic Wood Theatre, 6354 Crescent Road, UBC
The Practical Wisdom Colloquium Series (Winter 2011/2012: “Between Rules and Practice: Why We Need Practical Wisdom in Politics”) is funded by the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies Distinguished Scholar in Residence Program, Green College, and the UBC Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions.
CONFERENCES
ELSA-DBS International Meeting
Date: February 3, 2012
Location: Cologne, Germany
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