Programs & Events
Science Connections: Major Themes in Evolutionary Medicine
Program Number:
None
Program Type:
Science Talks
Date:
Mar. 18, 2013 | Monday, 7:00pm
Multiple Times:
Poster session from 6-7pm
Requirements:
Ages 12 and up
Location: Museum of Natural Sciences
With Stephen C. Stearns
Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University
6-7pm: Poster session
7-8pm: Lecture
Evolutionary biology provides helpful insights into many medical issues, insights that can reduce suffering and save lives. This talk first describes the range and diversity of those ideas and then focuses on two issues — autoimmune diseases and cancer — in more detail.
Free refreshments.
Our partner for this Science Connections is NESCent (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center).
