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Method or Madness?
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Sat 25 Oct 11:30 AM
Senate Chamber | Museum of Australian Democracy Old Parliament House
Wheelchair
General Admission
60 Mins
October
How can science and reason fight back against society’s growing fear and yet complacency? Vaccine denial is surging in countries around the globe, just as for the first time in human history, fatal diseases are on the verge of eradication. Elizabeth Finkel (Prove It) and Raina MacIntyre (Vaccine Nation) make a compelling case that defending the scientific method of inquiry is a matter of life and death today, and for future generations. Join Elizabeth and Raina, moderated by ABC TV news editor Tracey Kirkland (author of Pandemedia), in the fight to save scientific progress.
Raina MacIntyre is Professor of Global Biosecurity and NHMRC Research Fellow. She heads the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. Her vaccine expertise is in older adults and immunosuppressed people, and she has done several clinical trials of vaccines in adults and transplant patients. She has served on committees for the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and WHO. She is the founder of EPIWATCH®, an AI system for pandemic early warnings. She has received many awards including the Sir Henry Wellcome Medal and Prize from the Association of Military Surgeons of the US. She is on the editorial boards of BMJ Open and Epidemiology & Infection. She is the author of Dark Winter and Vaccine Nation.
Elizabeth Finkel holds a PhD in biochemistry and spent ten years as a research scientist before becoming an award-winning journalist and author of The Genome Generation, among other books. She is a founding editor of Cosmos magazine and a regular contributor to the US magazine Science, Radio National's Science Show and The Monthly. Her awards include a Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Stem Cells: Controversy at the Frontiers of Science, the National Press Club's award for Higher Education Journalist of the Year and the Eureka Award for Science Journalism.
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Raina MacIntyre is Professor of Global Biosecurity and NHMRC Research Fellow. She heads the Biosecurity Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. Her vaccine expertise is in older adults and immunosuppressed people, and she has done several clinical trials of vaccines in adults and transplant patients. She has served on committees for the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and WHO. She is the founder of EPIWATCH®, an AI system for pandemic early warnings. She has received many awards including the Sir Henry Wellcome Medal and Prize from the Association of Military Surgeons of the US. She is on the editorial boards of BMJ Open and Epidemiology & Infection. She is the author of Dark Winter and Vaccine Nation.
Elizabeth Finkel holds a PhD in biochemistry and spent ten years as a research scientist before becoming an award-winning journalist and author of The Genome Generation, among other books. She is a founding editor of Cosmos magazine and a regular contributor to the US magazine Science, Radio National's Science Show and The Monthly. Her awards include a Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Stem Cells: Controversy at the Frontiers of Science, the National Press Club's award for Higher Education Journalist of the Year and the Eureka Award for Science Journalism.
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.
