Time: 1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Date: Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009

Location: Pace University, Lecture Hall South, 1 Pace Plaza, New York City

Speakers and topics:

• Philip Alcabes – The History of Panics
  Associate Professor of Urban Public Health, Hunter College

  Author of: Dread: How Fear and Fantasy have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu. (Public Affairs, 2009)

• Terence Hines – Stamp collecting is a cancer risk. If you make enough comparisons, everything is a cancer risk.
  Professor of Psychology, Pace University; Adjunct Professor of Neurology, New York Medical College.

  Author of: Pseudoscience and the Paranormal. (Prometheus, 2003)

• Geoffrey Kabat – Power Lines, Cell Phones and the Science of Fear
  Senior Epidemiologist, Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

  Author of: Hyping Health Risks. Columbia University Press, 2009).

• John Snyder – Vaccine Myth, Fear and Belief
  Chief, General Pediatric and Medical Director, Pediatric Ambulatory Care, St. Vincent’s Hospital, New York City.

  Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, New York Medical College.

  Writes for Science Based Medicine blog.

Co-sponsor: Sigma Xi of Pace University

Admission is free and open to the public