Dr. James Giordano is Professor of Neuroscience, Ethics, and Philosophy at the Institute for Psychological Sciences, Centre for Philosophical Psychology, and Fellow, Blackfriars Hall, University of Oxford, UK, and is Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies, and Chair of Academic Programs at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Arlington, VA. Prof Giordano formerly served as Samueli-Rockefeller Professor of Medicine and Neuroscience and Director of the Center for Brain,Mind and Healing Research, Georgetown University Medical Center, where he currently maintains an adjunct professorship. He is Visiting Professor of Neurophilosophy and Neuroethics at Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat, Bonn, Germany, and American Academy of Pain Medicine-Pfizer National Visiting Professor of Neuroscience and Ethics at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock TX.

Prof. Giordano is Editor-in-Chief of the journal Philosophy, Ethics and Humanities in Medicine, Associate Editor for the international journal Neuroethics, neuroscience and ethics editor (and former Deputy Editor-in-Chief) for the journal Pain Physician, neuroscience editor for the multi-lingual journal Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine (Forschende Komplmentärmedizin), neuroscience and ethics section editor of Spirituality and Health International, and Editor-in-Chief of the book series Advances in Neurotechnology: Ethical, Legal and Social Issues (published by Taylor-Francis/CRC Press). Prof. Giordano is the author of over 120 publications in neuroscience, pain, neurophilosophy, and neuroethics that reflect his ongoing research in the molecular and behavioral neuroscience of pain and analgesia, the neurophilosophy of pain and mind, and the neuroethics of pain research and treatment. Recent publications include: Scientific and Philosophical Perspectives on Neuroethics – The Silent Revolution in Neuroscience (with Bert Gordijn, Cambridge University Press), Pain Medicine: Philosophy, Ethics and Policy (with Mark Boswell; PPM-Publishers' Press), Pain: Mind, Meaning, and Medicine (Arbor Books), and Schmerz und Leid: Neurophilosophie, Neuroethik und Verantwortung (with Gerhard Höver, LIT Verlag, Münster). In recognition of his work, Prof. Giordano was elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.