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Lancet Editor in-Chief to deliver 32nd Osler lecture

捆绑SM社区 is pleased to welcome Dr. Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, one of the best-known and most respected medical journals, as the 32nd annual Osler lecturer. Dr. Horton will present the lecture, 鈥淭he Global Doctor: Scientific Medicine and Social Movements鈥� on Wednesday, Oct. 29.

In 1995, at 33, Horton was appointed editor-in-chief of The Lancet, the world's leading independent general medical journal covering issues related to all aspects of human health. The journal is regarded as a provocative forum for highly political debates about the role of medicine in society and has waded into issues ranging from the statistical studies of the number of Iraqis killed since the invasion, to genetically modified (GM) potatoes, to global health and the ethics of medical publishing. With Dr. Horton at the helm, controversy emerged early with the publication in 1998 of scientific research which sparked intense debate in the UK over possible effects of the safety of GM foods on human health. His Osler Lecture, which comes at a time when Canada鈥檚 health care system is undergoing transformation, promises to be provocative and original as it underscores the connection between science and society.

What: Osler Public Lecture
When: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at 6 p.m.
Where: Palmer Howard Amphitheatre, room 522
McIntyre Medical Sciences Building- 5th floor
3655 Promenade Sir-William-Osler (north of Drummond St.)
Free admission

Dr. Horton was the first president of the World Association of Medical Editors and is the immediate past-president of the U.S. Council of Science Editors. He is an honorary professor both at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and University College London. He currently co-chairs a World Health Organization Scientific Advisory Group on Clinical Trials Registration and is a Council member of the Global Forum for Health Research. He has been a medical columnist for The Observer and writes regularly for the Times Literary Supplement and New York Review of Books.

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