Award-Winning Journalist to Speak on Research Freedom, Huntington's Disease - Sept 27th!

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Award-Winning Journalist to Speak on Research Freedom, Huntington’s Disease Sept. 27

The Fellows of the Graduate School and Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST) welcome Emmy Award-winning journalist Charles Sabine for a special seminar Thursday, Sept. 27, at 5 p.m. in Room E-351 of the Medical Sciences Building. Sabine will discuss "The Pursuit of Hope and Dignity: Why Every Link in the Medical Chain Matters."

Date: 8/30/2012 12:00:00 AM
By: Katy Cosse

The Fellows of the Graduate School and Center for Clinical and Translational Science and Training (CCTST) welcome Emmy Aaward-winning journalist Charles Sabine for a special seminar Thursday, September 27 at 5 p.m. in Room E-351 of the Medical Sciences Building.

Sabine will discuss, "The Pursuit of Hope and Dignity: Why Every Link in the Medical Chain Matters."

An international correspondent with NBC news for 26 years, in 2008 Sabine became a pioneering spokesman for freedom of scientific research and sufferers of degenerative brain illnesses—in particular, Huntington’s disease, which has ravaged his family.

In that role he has spoken at prestigious venues across the world, including the European and British parliaments, Royal Institution in London and World Congress for Freedom of Scientific Research. Sabine's father and brother both died of Huntington's, and genetic testing has revealed that he too carries the gene for the disease.

Registration is not required. A podcast of the presentation will be available at http://molgen.uc.edu on October 3.

For more information, email Laura Dickson at laura.dickson@uc.edu or event organizer Peter Stambrook, PhD, of the UC Department of Molecular Genetics, Biochemistry and Microbiology, at peter.stambrook@uc.edu.

A program flyer is available here.