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59
Citations
15463
World Ranking
3957
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230

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Judy Illes is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has an extensive publication record in medicine and neuroscience. Their research spans numerous subfields including cognitive neuroscience, neurology, public health, environmental and occupational health, general health professions, and psychiatry and mental health.

The primary topics of Judy Illes' work focus on:

  • Neuroethics, human enhancement, biomedical innovations
  • Ethics in clinical research
  • Neurological disorders and treatments
  • Traumatic brain injury research
  • Epilepsy research and treatment
  • Biomedical ethics and regulation
  • Healthcare decision-making and restraints

The scientist has contributed significantly to various journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Neurocritical Care
  • Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
  • Journal of Child Neurology
  • AJOB Neuroscience
  • The American Journal of Bioethics

Recent publications include:

  • International Brain Initiative: An Innovative Framework for Coordinated Global Brain Research Efforts (2020, Neuron)
  • Mobilizing the private sector for responsible innovation in neurotechnology (2021, Nature Biotechnology)
  • Rural and Remote Communities: Unique Ethical Issues in the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020, The American Journal of Bioethics)
  • Ethical issues in global neuroimaging genetics collaborations (2020, NeuroImage)
  • Establishing a comprehensive search strategy for Indigenous health literature reviews (2021, Systematic Reviews)

Throughout their career, Judy Illes has collaborated frequently with co-authors such as Patrick J. McDonald, Claire J. Creutzfeldt, Joseph J. Fins, Varina L. Boerwinkle, and Cecil D. Hahn, each contributing to multiple joint publications.

The scientist's contributions have been recognized with accolades including:

  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 2012 (Academy of Science)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2012

Best Publications

  • Neurocognitive enhancement: what can we do and what should we do?

    Martha J. Farah;Judy Illes;Robert Cook-Deegan;Howard Gardner

  • Managing incidental findings in human subjects research: Analysis and recommendations

    Susan M Wolf;Frances P Lawrenz;Charles A. Nelson;Jeffrey P. Kahn

  • Four ethical priorities for neurotechnologies and AI

    Rafael Yuste;Sara Goering;Blaise Agüera y Arcas;Guoqiang Bi

  • fMRI in the public eye

    Eric Racine;Ofek Bar-Ilan;Ofek Bar-Ilan;Judy Illes

  • Convergent Cortical Representation of Semantic Processing in Bilinguals

    Judy Illes;Wendy S. Francis;John E. Desmond;John D. E. Gabrieli

  • Neuroethics of neuromarketing

    Emily R. Murphy;Emily R. Murphy;Judy Illes;Peter B. Reiner

  • Contemporary neuroscience in the media

    Eric Racine;Sarah Waldman;Jarett Rosenberg;Judy Illes;Judy Illes

  • Imaging or imagining? A neuroethics challenge informed by genetics.

    Judy Illes;Eric Racine

  • Incidental Findings in Brain Imaging Research

    Judy Illes;Matthew P. Kirschen;Emmeline Edwards;L R. Stanford

  • Language production in Parkinson's disease: Acoustic and linguistic considerations

    J. Illes;E.J. Metter;E.J. Metter;W.R. Hanson;W.R. Hanson;S. Iritani;S. Iritani

  • Neuroethics: a modern context for ethics in neuroscience.

    Judy Illes;Stephanie J. Bird

  • Neuroscience-based lie detection: the urgent need for regulation.

    Henry T. Greely;Judy Illes

  • Memory lateralization in medial temporal lobe epilepsy assessed by functional MRI.

    Alexandra J. Golby;Russell A. Poldrack;Judy Illes;David Chen

  • Neurolinguistic features of spontaneous language production dissociate three forms of neurodegenerative disease: Alzheimer's, Huntington's, and Parkinson's.

    Judy Illes

  • Neurotalk: improving the communication of neuroscience research

    Judy Illes;Mary Anne Moser;Jennifer B. McCormick;Eric Racine

  • Event-related covariances during a bimanual visuomotor task. I. Methods and analysis of stimulus- and response-locked data

    A.S. Gevins;S.L. Bressler;N.H. Morgan;B.A. Cutillo

  • Incidental Findings on Pediatric MR Images of the Brain

    Brian S. Kim;Judy Illes;Richard T. Kaplan;Allan Reiss

  • Event-related covariances during a bimanual visuomotor task. II. Preparation and feedback.

    A.S. Gevins;B.A. Cutillo;S.L. Bressler;N.H. Morgan

  • Human Neuroelectric Patterns Predict Performance Accuracy

    Alan S. Gevins;Nelson H. Morgan;Steven L. Bressler;Brian A. Cutillo

  • NEUROETHICS: DEFINING THE ISSUES IN THEORY, PRACTICE, AND POLICY

    Judy Illes

  • Brain Imaging: A Decade of Coverage in the Print Media.

    Eric Racine;Ofek Bar-Ilan;Judy Illes

Frequent Co-Authors

Eric Racine
Eric Racine McGill University
Gary H. Glover
Gary H. Glover Stanford University
John E. Desmond
John E. Desmond Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Steven L. Bressler
Steven L. Bressler Florida Atlantic University
Adrian M. Owen
Adrian M. Owen University of Western Ontario
Peter B. Reiner
Peter B. Reiner University of British Columbia
Yves De Koninck
Yves De Koninck Université Laval
Pierre J. Magistretti
Pierre J. Magistretti École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Barbara J. Sahakian
Barbara J. Sahakian University of Cambridge

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