Former National Cancer Institute Director,
Richard D. Klausner, M. D. To Deliver
Ford Distinguished Lecture, November 1
October 25, 2007
 The former National Cancer Institute (NCI) Director Richard D. Klausner, M.D. will be the featured speaker at the semi-annual Allen and Constance Ford Distinguished Lectureship Series, on November 1. The program titled "The Genomic Revolution and the Future of Medicine and Health" is free and open to the public. Klausner, who has authored more than 300 scientific articles and several books, also served as the Global Health Executive Director of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Health program.
"Dr. Klausner is certainly one of the nation's intellectual leaders on the topics of the human genome and the future of medicine based on genomic sciences," said Dr. James P. Basilion, chairman of the lecture series and an associate professor of radiology and biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University. "From cancer research to gene-based medicines, we are all going to benefit from his insight into this fast-growing area of scientific advancement."
"Driven by new technologies, the genomic revolution will continue to fuel accelerated change in how we approach medicine," said Dr. Klausner. "All of this change points to a more personalized approach to medicine with individualized risk-profiling and disease management that will eventually shift care providers toward a preventative point of view rather than simply treating the symptoms."
The Allen and Constance Ford Distinguished Lectureship Series as part of the Ford Visiting Professorship Program was established in 2004 by Allen and Constance Ford, alumni and longtime benefactors of Case Western Reserve University. The semi-annual series provides Case Western researchers and clinical providers with access to some of the world’s foremost leaders in a variety of scientific disciplines.
The Ford Visiting Professor Program at Case has enabled BME to bring to campus to our students, faculty, and university community-scientists and business leaders on the cutting edge of biomedical engineering and related sciences. This important program provides funding to seek out and bring to Case innovation leaders in the area of biomedical engineering and related fields.
The lecture is scheduled for Thursday, November, 1 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Wolstein Auditorium on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. For more information or to register for the free lecture series, visit www.case.edu/events/ford or call Marlene Siegal at 216.368.4063
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