Portrait of Khara Ramos

Khara Ramos

Director, Neuroethics Program
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Khara Ramos is director of the Neuroethics Program, and health scientist administrator in the Office of Scientific Liaison, at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

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