Nathan Shlobin

Uehiro Scholarship for Future Generations

Joining us from: Chicago, United States

DPhil Psychiatry (PT) 2024

I am a DPhil student in Psychiatry at the University of Oxford and a neurosurgery resident at Columbia University in New York. I am originally from Chicago, and I received my BA in Biology and Psychology, Doctor of Medicine, and MBA degrees from Northwestern University. In line with my clinical interest in functional neurosurgery, my DPhil focuses on the ethics of deep brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders. I hope to develop practical guidance for appropriate, responsible clinical use of deep brain stimulation for these new and evolving indications through theoretical and empirical ethics analyses and a multidisciplinary approach. I am immensely grateful to the Uehiro Foundation for its support. The St Cross Uehiro Scholarship for Future Generations has facilitated my development as a scholar, the generation of new frameworks in a challenging area of neuroethics, and relationships with mentors and other scholars in the field.

Outside of my studies, I enjoy playing ice hockey and football, traveling, and listening to an eclectic variety of music.