![]() | Laura Cabrera Assistant Professor - Michigan State University Bioethics - Medical ethics |
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03.09.2013-31.10.2013
Legal and Ethical Issues in Animal-Human Brain Chimera Research
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04.01.2011-25.02.2011
Global health: towards social enhancement
Laura Cabrera is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences at Michigan State University. Laura received a BSc in Electrical and Communication Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico City, a MA in Applied Ethics from Linköping University in Sweden, and a PhD in Applied Ethics from Charles Sturt University in Australia. The topic of her PhD was “The Role of Nano and Neurotechnology and the need for a different enhancement paradigm”. Laura’s current research focuses on neuroethics as well as ethical issues around human enhancement and emergent technologies. Her research explores the attitudes of the general public regarding cognitive enhancement as well as regarding brain stimulation technologies.