Affiliated Scholars

Sheri Alpert
Affiliated Scholar

Sheri Alpert is currently a Research Associate for the Novel Tech Ethics research team at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her current research focuses on ethical issues in emerging and converging neuro-technologies (particularly implantable devices), medical device regulations in Canada and the U.S., and human subjects protections in both countries. Prior to her work at Dalhousie, she was the Director of the Science, Technology, and Values Program at the University of Notre Dame for several years. For 14 years before leaving for Notre Dame, she worked in various policy-related positions for the U.S. federal government in Washington, D.C. One of the highlights of her federal career was her brief work with the National Bioethics Advisory Commission. Until coming to Halifax, her research focus had been (and a deep interest continues to be) medical and genetic privacy. She has spoken nationally and internationally on issues of medical and genetic privacy, as well as on ethical issues in implantable brain-computer interface devices and has written articles on each of these topics.

Sheri received her B.A. in history from Indiana University; an M.A. in Communications (film/video production) at the University of Texas at Austin; an M.P.A. from Indiana University's School of Public & Environmental Affairs; and her Ph.D. in public policy (science and technology policy) from George Mason University.