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SUMMARY:The Future of Medicine - Speaker to be confirmed
DTSTART:20151022T160000Z
DTEND:20151022T193000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Medical research\, drug development and healthcare are always 
 at the forefront of public interest\, but how will these practices change 
 in the future? In this first Cambridge University Science & Policy Exchang
 e public lecture of the 2015/2016 academic year\, The Future of Medicine\,
  we look to explore both the achievements and challenges in genetic\, epig
 enetic and genomic research and related public policy development which wi
 ll influence the future of human health in the UK. \n\nSpeakers joining us
  on the evening will bring perspectives from academic and clinical researc
 h\, the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries and government policy 
 development. The audience will hear how genetic\, epigenetic and genomic r
 esearch can influence the diagnosis and treatment of rare and hereditary d
 iseases\, promote increased understanding of common\, complex disorders li
 ke obesity and Type 2 diabetes and influence public policy to benefit huma
 n health in the future. Discussion will include the government-funded 100\
 ,000 genomes initiative.  \n\nWe welcome you to join us in discussing thes
 e important topics at The Future of Medicine lecture and discussion evenin
 g\, Thursday\, October 22nd\, at Selwyn College Cambridge from 5 pm.\n\nCo
 nfirmed speakers for this science and policy exchange include:\n•	Dr Mar
 k Bale\, Deputy Head of Health Science and Bioethics\, Department of Healt
 h\; Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor\, Department of Health\; Policy Fellow
 \, Centre for Science and Policy \n•	Nessa Carey PhD\, International Dir
 ector at PraxisUnico\n•	Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly FRS FMedSci\, 
 Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine\; Director\, University of
  Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories\; Director\, MRC Metabolic Dise
 ases Unit and Co-Director\, Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Scie
 nce\n\nFollowing short talks from the invited speakers there will be plent
 y of opportunity to ask questions and we invite all attendees to join us f
 or an informal drinks reception after the seminar. \n\nFor those with part
 icular interest in a relevant area\, there will an opportunity to attend t
 he post-seminar dinner with the speakers and CUSPE committee members.  If 
 you wish to apply\, you will be prompted in the registration form to submi
 t a short paragraph (max. 200 words) describing your interest in The Futur
 e of Medicine in relation to topic-relevant research and policy developmen
 t and to include a question that you would like to ask the panel. Successf
 ul applicants will be notified during the week prior to the event.\n\nThis
  event has been kindly sponsored by MedImmune\, the biologics arm of Astra
 Zeneca.
LOCATION:Selwyn College\, Cambridge
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