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Francis Shen serves as Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School Center for Bioethics and University Affiliated Professor at Harvard Law School. He directs the Shen Neurolaw Lab, which operates from dual headquarters in Minnesota and Boston, focusing on translating advances in brain science and artificial intelligence into effective law and policy while addressing ethical, legal, and social implications.
His research spans neurolaw, neuroethics, and the intersection of law with neuroscience and AI. Key areas include digital psychiatry ethics, computational justice, aging brains in legal contexts, portable neuroimaging equity, and racial justice in neuroscience. The lab employs interdisciplinary empirical methods to balance scientific promise against premature applications, emphasizing community engagement and equitable technology distribution.
Recent publications (2018-2022) demonstrate strong interdisciplinary trends across digital health ethics, youth sports concussion policy, judicial aging, and neuroimaging ethics. These works consistently integrate law, neuroscience, and ethics to address real-world challenges in mental health, criminal justice, and AI governance, with increasing focus on equity and social justice implications.
Professor Shen leads the NIH Bridge2AI initiative and mentors research assistants who transition to careers in law, science, and medicine. His lab emphasizes practical policy impact, evidenced by citations in Supreme Court proceedings and features in media like CBS's All Rise.
The Shen Neurolaw Lab maintains active collaborations across Harvard Medical School, Harvard Law School, and Massachusetts General Hospital. Its dual-site structure facilitates community engagement with diverse stakeholders, including policymakers, clinicians, and technology developers, to ensure neuroscience and AI advancements serve societal needs through ethically sound pathways.
