Portable MR Imaging of the Brain: Practical Challenges and Ethical Solutions for Indigenous, and Rural and Remote Communities

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.

Featured panelists include Francis Shen, Minnesota Law professor of law and Solly Robins distinguished research fellow. Visit the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences event page for more event details and presenter list. 

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).