Portable MR Imaging of the Brain: Practical challenges and ethical solutions for Indigenous, and rural and remote communities

COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS

Thursday, April 17, 2025
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM PDT
Via Zoom (Link will be shared upon registration.)
RSVP here: bit.ly/ccpmri

Join us for an interactive conversation with experts to discuss how highly portable neuroimaging technology can enable research and understandings of the human brain.

The advent of highly portable MRI (pMRI) offers new possibilities for field-based neuroscience research that has largely been limited to urban medical centers. In this community conversation, experts and community members will discuss the promise of improving representation in and leadership of neuroscience research by Indigenous People, as well as communities for which such capabilities have historically been absent or difficult to access. This event will also address ethical, societal, and legal challenges of pMRI research, including pathways for bringing holistic worldviews to the research and health care conversation.

Panelists:
Donnella S. Comeau, MD, PhD
Attending Neuroradiologist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Vice Chair, Mass General Brigham Institutional Review Board
Instructor, Harvard Medical School

Jonathan Jackson, PhD
Founder and Research Principal, CRESCENT Advising, LLC
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School

Shannon Kolind, PhD
MRI Physicist
Associate Professor, University of British Columbia

Francis X. Shen, JD, PhD
Professor
University of Minnesota

Angela Teeple, MLS
Doctoral Student
University of Minnesota

Moderator:
Judy Illes, CM, PhD, FCAHS, FRSC
Professor and Director, Neuroethics Canada
University of British Columbia

This event is supported in part by the NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant Highly Portable and Cloud-Enabled Neuroimaging Research: Confronting Ethics Challenges in Field Research with New Populations (RF1MH123698).