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Restoring Science Integrity in Washington

Sat, Jan 13 2:00 - 3:30 pm - Mike Stebbins, Ph.D.
Bethesda Library, 7400 Arlington Rd., Bethesda, MD
Directions:
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/libraries/BranchInfo/be.asp

FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
EVENT FLYER: http://ncas.org/flyers/2007jan.pdf

Dr. Stebbins will explain the mission of the newly formed Scientists
and Engineers for America (http://sefora.org) to promote the proper
role of science and evidence-based debate and decision making in
American government and our political process. He will discuss the
ongoing issues with the politicizing of science in the Congress and the
Administration and the challenges for the upcoming Congress.

Attendees get a Free NCAS 20th Anniversary "Prove It!" button
http://ncas.org/adhoc/NCAS-Prove-It-Button.html

About the Speaker
http://www.sefora.org/pages.php?submitted=1&id=101

Michael Stebbins is on the Board of Directors for Scientists and
Engineers for
America. He is also the Director of Biology Policy for the Federation
of
American Scientists and the author of Sex Drugs and DNA: Science's
Taboos Confronted.

He has worked as a policy fellow at the National Human Genome Research
Institute and was a Legislative Fellow for US Senator Harry Reid
(D-NV). He has worked as a journalist and is currently a science policy
columnist for Seed magazine.

Stebbins is a Science Advisor to ScienCentral News, a television
production
company that produces stories for the ABC and NBC affiliates. He has
appeared as a
commentator on NPR's All Things Considered, ABC World News, BBC News
and
numerous other print and broadcast outlets. Before coming to
Washington, he was a
Senior Editor at Nature Genetics. He earned his B.S. in Biology from
SUNY at Stony Brook and received his Ph.D. in genetics while working at
Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory.

About NCAS:
http://ncas.org

The National Capital Area Skeptics is an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit,
educational and scientific membership organization that promotes
critical thinking and scientific understanding.

NCAS was founded in 1987 in the Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia
area. We are advocates for science and reason, actively promoting the
scientific method, rational inquiry, and education.