The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
3:30-4:45p.m.
Hogness Auditorium, Health Sciences Center, University of Washington
Dr. Jonathan D. Moreno, Ph.D.
David and Lynn Silfen University Professor
University of Pennysylvania
Dr. Moreno offers an engaging history of the intersection between science and democracy in American life, a reasoned analysis of how different political ideologies view scientific controversies, and a vision for how the new biopolitics can help shape the quality of our lives.
More information: http://depts.washington.edu/hserv/cal?3251
Dr. Moreno was interviewed this October 19th on FOX News about our preparedness to sustain another anthrax style bio defense attack. His recommendation? Invest more in biotechnology. http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/happening-now/index.html#/v/1222304472001/anthrax-attacks-10-years-later/?playlist_id=86919
Dr. Moreno also raises key issues in this brief interview in the Atlantic Monthly on globalization and neuroscience:
http://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/10/a-conversation-with-jonathan-d-moreno-bioethicist-and-professor/246013/
For more information about the MHA’s Dialogues in Ethics, Health Services, and Science initiative, contact: Kathryn M. Hinsch, Clinical Faculty, at khinsch@uw.edu or call 206-200-1101.
