Bio
Dr. Francis X. Shen is a Professor of Law and Faculty Member of the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota, where he directs the Shen Neurolaw Lab, whose motto is, “Every story is a brain story”. Dr. Shen is also Co-Chair of the Consortium on Law on Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences; Chief Innovation Officer for the MGH Center for Law, Brain & Behavior (CLBB) in MGH Department of Psychiatry; founding director of the Dana Foundation Career Network in Neuroscience & Society; co-director of the Neurotech Justice Accelerator at Mass General Brigham, a Dana Center Initiative. He also co-leads NIH BRAIN Initiative funded projects on portable MRI, and community engagement in neuroimaging research. Dr. Shen has co-authored 4 books, including the first Law and Neuroscience casebook and Brain Science for Lawyers, Judges, and Policymakers. He has published articles on a range of neurolaw and neuroethics topics, including extensive research on the ethical and legal challenges associated with portable neuroimaging research. In 2021, he was awarded the Early Career Scholars Medal by the American Law Institute, one of two medals awarded every other year by the ALI, for being “a pioneer in establishing the interdisciplinary field of law and neuroscience.” He received his B.A. from the University of Chicago, his JD from Harvard Law School, and his PhD from the Harvard University.