BRAIN Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) Meeting – August 2026

The BRAIN Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG), which is a group of experts in neuroethics and neuroscience that serves to provide the NIH BRAIN Initiative with input relating to neuroethics, will hold a virtual meeting on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. The meeting videocast is available for public viewing.

Time (ET)Agenda Item
12:00 pmWelcome Dr. Nina Hsu, NEWG Designated Federal Official
12:05 pmUpdate from the BRAIN Director Dr. John Ngai, Director, NIH BRAIN Initiative
Session:Ethical considerations in designing and sustaining brain data ecosystems
12:15 pmSession overview and introduction ​Dr. Joe Monaco, NIH BRAIN Initiative
12:50 pmBRAINshare: Sharing Data in BRAIN Initiative Studies ​Dr. Mary Majumder, Baylor College of Medicine
1:20 pmCommon Fund Data Ecosystem (CFDE) ​Dr. Kristin Kano, NIH Common Fund
1:50 pmPerspective from the private sector ​KT Farley, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, Helix
2:20 pmBREAK
2:35 pmDiscussion & Next Steps
3:45 pmRoundtable Updates
4:00 pmAdjourn

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