Katherine Bassil
Assistant Professor and Researcher, PhD
Julius Center,
University Medical Center Utrecht
Neuroethics and Bioethics
Biografie
Dr. Katherine Bassil is an Assistant Professor at the Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) in the Netherlands, where she conducts various neuroethics research. She is a 2024-2025 Niels Stensen Fellow at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), focusing on the ethical implications of large language
models(LLMs) in brain and mental health care.
Beyond her research, Dr. Bassil is deeply engaged in science policy and public outreach. She is a committee member of the International Neuroethics Society(INS) and co-leading the public communication Affinity Group. She is also an editorial assistant at Neuroethics Canada where she assisted in the editing of several
volumes in the series Developments in Neuroethics and Bioethics.
Bassil is the ethics lead for the IEEE Neuroethics Framework Wellness Workgroup. Additionally, she contributes to global neuroethics initiatives as a member of the International Brain Initiative (IBI) Cross-cultural Working Group, and as the Research
Ethics track lead at the Atlas Bioethics Center.
Dr. Bassil was awarded the 2022-2023 Harvard Neuroethics Fellowship, where she contributed to discussions on the ethics of predictive biomarkers for post-traumatic stress disorder. She is also the founder of Neuroethics Today, an educational platform dedicated to raising awareness on neuroethics worldwide and democratizing neuroethics literacy.
Katherine Bassil
Assistant Professor and Researcher, PhD
Julius Center,
University Medical Center Utrecht
Neuroethics and Bioethics
Biografie
Dr. Katherine Bassil is an Assistant Professor at the Julius Center, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU) in the Netherlands, where she conducts various neuroethics research. She is a 2024-2025 Niels Stensen Fellow at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), focusing on the ethical implications of large language
models(LLMs) in brain and mental health care.
Beyond her research, Dr. Bassil is deeply engaged in science policy and public outreach. She is a committee member of the International Neuroethics Society(INS) and co-leading the public communication Affinity Group. She is also an editorial assistant at Neuroethics Canada where she assisted in the editing of several
volumes in the series Developments in Neuroethics and Bioethics.
Bassil is the ethics lead for the IEEE Neuroethics Framework Wellness Workgroup. Additionally, she contributes to global neuroethics initiatives as a member of the International Brain Initiative (IBI) Cross-cultural Working Group, and as the Research
Ethics track lead at the Atlas Bioethics Center.
Dr. Bassil was awarded the 2022-2023 Harvard Neuroethics Fellowship, where she contributed to discussions on the ethics of predictive biomarkers for post-traumatic stress disorder. She is also the founder of Neuroethics Today, an educational platform dedicated to raising awareness on neuroethics worldwide and democratizing neuroethics literacy.