Neuroethics and International Biolaw

Hello everyone,

I am very much looking forward to working with all of you and getting to know each of you over the course of the next few months. Below is a summary of my background and interests.

Best wishes and enjoy the course!

Kevin

Kevin is currently a graduate student of journalism at the University of British Columbia (UBC), School of Journalism in Vancouver, Canada. He is also a member of the National Core for Neuroethics at UBC hospital as an intern investigating ethics issues in neuroscience media. As an undergraduate he studied molecular biology and neuroscience at the University of Guelph and completed his thesis on the role of kinate receptor subunit GluR6 in cerebellar memory and learning in the mouse brain. Also as an undergraduate, Kevin spent a semester studying International Development and Environmental Health in India at the Dhvanyaloka Centre For Indian Studies in Mysore and at the University of Rajasthan in Jaipur. With the help of the Neuroethics and International Biolaw course, as well as through dialogue with his well-informed P2P colleagues, Kevin wishes to learn more about international bio-law, an area in which he has had very little exposure. He also hopes to help better understand how to encourage and disseminate popular use of free, high-quality education through involvement in this new and exciting interdisciplinary and open-source format. He wishes to contribute his knowledge about brain research, his experience in ethical debate, and his understanding of the role and purpose of media in society to informed discussions on an important topic.

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