The Director of the Office of Research Ethics is responsible for research ethics education programs at Simon Fraser University in conjunction with the Research Ethics Board, for assisting researchers in the preparation of applications for submission to the Research Ethics Board and for reviewing all applications submitted to the Research Ethics Board, for approving minimal risk applications, managing the Office of Research Ethics and other duties defined in Policy R20.01.
Dr. Hal Weinberg
H. Weinberg has been at the forefront of the development of MEG and EEG since 1964 when he received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in Seattle. He is currently a Professor at Simon Fraser University, within the Faculty of Applied Sciences (School of Kinesiology), having recently moved from the Department of Psychology. He teaches courses in the physiology of complex behaviour and laboratories in EEG and MEG, and currently supervises M.Sc. and Ph.D. students
Dr. Weinberg has spent periods in various other universities including the Burden Neurological Institute where he worked with Gray Walter shortly after the discovery of the Contingent Negative Variation (CNV). He has been active in the development of several societies including ISBET, EPIC, the International Biomagnetism Society, and the North American Biomagnetism Society. He is affiliated with several professional international psychophysiology and neuroscience organizations, and is a fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association. He is President of Applied Brain Behaviour Systems Ltd., a director of the Human Factors Institute, and Secretary of the Pacific Orca Society.
His basic research is focused on the study of brain systems associated with the processing of complex information in normal and pathological brains. His applied research is focused on the use of EEG and MEG for the selection and training of personnel in complex environments like those of Air Traffic Control, Flight Controllers, Automatic Driving, and others. He has been developing methods for the use of multitasking in the context of rehabilitation of the head injured and in cognitively disabled children.