RCSI Annual Public Outreach Lecture

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Free and open to the public

The Annual Public Outreach Lecture is one of the key events in the RCSI calendar. This is a wonderful event - a celebration of science which we are proud to bring to members of the public.

The target audience of this lecture is the general public and it is an event that both research and administrative RCSI staff and Dubliners alike look forward too.

The Annual Public Outreach Lecture is delivered by a world renowned scientist on a topic of relevance to the RCSI’s research programme. The speaker talks about their subject with passion, and they are able to inform, inspire and entertain any audience. This lecture promotes awareness of and an interest in research, science and technology to the wider community.

This Years Theme 'Biodiversity'

The United Nations proclaimed 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity , a year for people all over the world to reflect on the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on Earth and ways in which we can work together to reduce biodiversity loss. We all need to do more to sustain this beautiful irreplaceable natural wealth. This is vital for current and future human well-being.

Now is the time to find out more about biodiversity and act!

Upcoming Event 1st June 2010 at 6pm

Title: Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity,

By Aaron Bernstein, MD MPH

Faculty Member, Center for Health and the Global Environment and Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Physician in Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston
2008 Harvard University Zuckerman Fellow

In celebration of this concept, this year RCSI is delighted and privileged to welcome Professor Aaron Bernstein to give the Annual Outreach Lecture.

Aaron Bernstein is a lead author and co-editor of Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity, the most comprehensive and accessible account available of the ties between human health and the natural world, and which has been named one of the best biology books of 2008 by the Library Journal.

Biographical Information:
Aaron Bernstein, MD, received his AB from Stanford University and medical degree from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He completed residency in the Boston Combined residency in Pediatrics of Harvard Medical School and the Boston University School of Medicine and has since joined the faculty of Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston where he works as a pediatric hospitalist. In 2008 he was named a Harvard University Zuckerman Fellow.

This years Annual Outreach Lecture promises to be one of the most entertaining events in our calendar this year.

If you would like to attend this lecture please contact AOL2010@rcsi.ie. This event promises to be extremely popular - so book your tickets now and don’t be disappointed!

Contact Bookings AOL2010@rcsi.ie.

For information on our previous Annual Public Outreach Lectures please click on the links below: .

RCSI Annual Outreach Lecture 2008
by Dr Michael Stebbins

RCSI Annual Outreach Lecture 2009
by Professor Jennifer Graves

RCSI Annual Outreach Lecture 2010
by Professor Aaron Bernstein