Key Documents
NIH Biosketch available Online
Judy Illes
- Sr Research Scholar (PI Waiver), Center for Biomedical Ethics
- Member, Bio-X
Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email illes@stanford.edu Tel (650) 724-6393Administrative Contact Vivian Chin Neuroethics Program co-ordinator Email vchin1@stanford.ed Tel Work 650-736-7939
Research Interests
Judy Illes, Ph.D.
Judy Illes is Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Medical Genetics) and Director of the Program in Neuroethics at the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics.Dr. Illes received her B.A. from Brandeis University in Massachusetts in Physiological Psychology (1979), and an M.A. in Physiological Psychology from McGill University (1983) in Montreal, Canada. In 1987, Dr. Illes received her doctorate in Hearing and Speech Sciences from Stanford University, with a specialization in Experimental Neuropsychology. Dr. Illes returned to Stanford University in 1991 to help build the research enterprise in imaging sciences in the Department of Radiology. She also co-founded the Stanford Brain Research Center (now the Neuroscience Institute at Stanford), and served as its first Executive Director between 1998 and 2001.
Today, Dr. Illes directs a strong research team devoted to neuroethics, and issues specifically at the intersection of medical imaging and biomedical ethics. These include ethical, social and legal challenges presented by advanced functional imaging capabilities, the emergence of cognitive enhancement technologies and pharmacology, the commercialization of cognitive neuroscience, and clinical findings detected incidentally in research. New initiatives in regenerative medicine and international neuroethics are underway.
Dr. Illes has written numerous books, edited volumes and articles. She is the author of The Strategic Grant Seeker: Conceptualizing Fundable Research in the Brain and Behavioral Sciences (1999, LEA Publishers, NJ), Special Guest Editor of Topics of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, “Emerging Ethical Challenges in MR Imaging” (2002), and Brain and Cognition, “Ethical Challenges in Advanced Neuroimaging” (2002.) Her latest book, Neuroethics: Defining the Issues in Theory, Practice and Policy, was published by Oxford University Press in 2006.
Dr. Illes is co-Chair of the Committee on Women in Neuroscience for the Society for Neuroscience, a member of the Institute of Medicine Forum on Neurological and Nervous Systems Disorders, a member of the Internal Advisory Board for the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction (INMHA) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and a member of the Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives.
Publications
- Nat Biotechnol. 2007; (4): 393-7
- Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007; 278-95
- Nat Rev Neurosci. 2007; (2): 153-60
- Am J Bioeth. 2006 Mar-Apr; (2): W24-31
- Can J Neurol Sci. 2006; (3): 269-77, 260-8
- Behav Neurol. 2006; (3-4): 149-57
- J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006; (2): 205-9
- Trends Neurosci. 2006; (9): 511-7
- Science. 2006; (5762): 783-4
- Nat Rev Neurosci. 2005; (2): 159-64
- Nat Rev Neurosci. 2005; (12): 977-82
- Am J Bioeth. 2005; (2): 5-18
- Arch Intern Med. 2004 Dec 13-27; (22): 2415-9
- Neurology. 2004; (6): 888-90
- J Magn Reson Imaging. 2004; (5): 743-7
- Radiology. 2003; (2): 346-51
- AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2002 Nov-Dec; (10): 1674-7
- Brain Cogn. 2002; (3): 341-4
- Brain Cogn. 2002; (3): 396-413
- Brain Cogn. 2002; (3): 358-65
- Epilepsia. 2002; (8): 855-63
- Acad Radiol. 2000; (9): 717-24; discussion 725-6
- Brain Lang. 1999; (3): 347-63
- AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1995; (3): 753-60
- Brain Lang. 1989; (4): 628-42
- Brain Lang. 1988; (1): 146-60