BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) and Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) Meeting – August 2025

Wednesday, August 27, 2025 | 12:00
Online
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A confocal image of sparse GCaMP6f-expressing Purkinje cells in mouse cerebellum resembles the industrious contours of pre-dawn commuters with the NIH BRAIN Initiative logo overlaid.

The BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group, which works to ensure a coordinated and focused effort on BRAIN across NIH, and the Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG), 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 Thursday, August 27, 2025. The videocast is available for public viewing.

Time (ET)Agenda Item
12:00 pm

Welcome

Dr. Susan Weiss, Multi-Council Working Group (MCWG) Designated Federal Official

Dr. Nina Hsu, Neuroethics Working Group (NEWG) Designated Federal Official

12:05 pm

NEWG Updates

Dr. Nita Farahany, NEWG Co-Chair

Dr. Amy McGuire, NEWG Co-Chair     

12:10 pm

NIH BRAIN Update

Dr. John Ngai, NIH BRAIN Initiative Director

1:00 pm

NIH BRAIN Initiative: Inventing the Future

Dr. John Ngai, NIH BRAIN Initiative Director

1:30 pmDiscussion
2:30 pmOther Business
3:00 pmAdjourn