FCIHR SYMPOSIUM
"The Scientist and the Media"

 

 

2^nd National Research Forum for Young Investigators in Circulatory & Respiratory Health, "The Scientist and the Media"

April 28, 2005 1 - 3pm

Winnipeg Convention Centre

 

 

Keynote Speaker: Andre Picard (Reporter for Globe and Mail, Montreal),

 

"Science and the 6 o'clock news"

 

 

Dr. Pavel Hamet (Professor of Medicine, Montreal),

 

"The Press Conference: Accountability in Communicating Health Research to the Public"

 

Dr. Arthur Schafer (Professor of Philosophy, University of Manitoba),

 

"How Sophisticated Doctors Take Advantage of Naïve Reporters: Lessons from the Vioxx Saga"

 

 

Dr. Linda West (Health Advocate Faculty of Nursing), University of Manitoba)

 

"What and When the Public Needs to Know"