CMA Presents "Dealing with the Most Difficult Diseases"

It may take decades of painstaking research, plus sudden leaps of scientific insight, to understand and combat the diseases that most challenge humanity. Effective organizational leadership and public advocacy are also key factors in advancing the state of the art. Join David Baltimore as he draws from the lessons and experience of a long and illustrious career in which he has profoundly influenced national science policy on such issues as recombinant DNA research and the AIDS epidemic, fulfilling the multiple roles of researcher, educator, administrator, and advocate for science and engineering.

Dr. Baltimore served as Caltech President from 1997 to 2006. He received the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, at age 37, jointly with Renato Dulbecco and Howard Temin for what the Nobel committee cited as "their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumor viruses and genetic material in the cell." He has contributed widely to the understanding of cancer, AIDS, and the molecular basis of the immune response. He currently leads the Baltimore Laboratory at Caltech, emphasizing immunology and virology. Dr. Baltimore received a B.S. in Chemistry from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. from Rockefeller University. He served as Director of the Whitehead Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and as President of Rockefeller University before coming to Caltech. He received the National Medal of Science from President Bill Clinton in 1999.

This event is free. All members of the Campus and JPL communities and retirees are welcome. Caltech personnel and guests can access the auditorium via the external gate.

For more information about this event, please send email to [email protected] or call Kent Frewing at (818) 354-3402.