Nicolle K. Strand holds a JD and a Masters in Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently working as a special assistant to the director of the National Center for Ethics in Health Care at the Veterans Health Administration. Prior to joining the VA, she was a Senior Policy and Research Analyst for the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues under President Barack Obama. There, she contributed to work on genomics and privacy, incidental findings in clinical and research settings, neuroscience research and consent capacity, neuroscience applications in law and policy, ethics education and democratic deliberation, and research ethics law and policy. Nicolle has written on informed consent, genomic research, incidental findings, and neuroscientific cognitive enhancement. She has spoken widely at bioethics and research ethics conferences, and guest lectured at universities in the Washington, DC area.