Dr. Ashley Feinsinger is an Assistant Professor and the Frances O’Malley Endowed Chair in Neuroscience History in the Department of Neurosurgery in the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, and affiliated faculty in the Center for Social Medicine and the Brain Research Institute. She received her PhD and MA in philosophy from UCLA, specializing in philosophy of language. Her research examines the relevance of various philosophical frameworks for ethical medicine and neuroscience, with a current focus on the concepts of participant engagement, doctor-patient communication, and benefit in medical research. She is also the Ethics Theme Chair for medical education at DGSOM where she leads conceptual, practical, and experiential ethics training, and Co-Director the UCLA-CDU Dana Center for Neuroscience and Society, where she leads the neuroscience and society fellowship.