When: 7:00 PM, Tuesday, 8 December 2015

Where:  Orca Books (509 East 4th Avenue, Olympia, Phone 360.352.0123)

Our December Topic Is:  Science Fraud: Problems and Solutions

Humanity is facing major challenges that will require scientific solutions.  However there are recent signs that not all is well with the scientific enterprise.  Growing numbers of scientific papers are being retracted, and the reproducibility of research findings is increasingly questioned.  A few high-profile cases of research misconduct threaten to erode public confidence in science.  Repairing the scientific enterprise will require a renewed societal investment and a return to the basic values of rigor, reproducibility and responsibility.

About the Speaker:

Ferric C. Fang, M.D. is a Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where he directs the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at Harborview Medical Center and performs basic research on bacterial pathogenesis.  He has written more than 180 peer-reviewed articles and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Infection and Immunity.  In collaboration with his colleague Arturo Casadevall, Prof. Fang has authored a series of articles on the nature of the contemporary scientific enterprise and opportunities for reform.

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