Autism Research Institute

Vaccines and Autism, Is There a Connection? A Thoughtful Debate

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    David Kirby - Author

    Evidence of Harm

    Arthur Allen - Author

    Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver

    Mr. Kirby's Biography:
    David Kirby has been a professional journalist for over 15 years, and wrote for The New York Times for more than eight years. Kirby was a contracted writer with the weekly City Section at The Times, where he covered public health, local politics, art and culture, film and theater, architecture, zoning and land use, among many other subjects. He has also contributed to The Magazine, Arts & Leisure, Personal Health, Men's Health, Science Times, Escapes, Travel, Weekend and other sections of the paper. Kirby has also written for a number of national magazines, including Glamour, Redbook, Marie Claire, Mademoiselle, Self, Art News, and others. In addition, Kirby was a foreign correspondent in Mexico and Central America from 1986-1990, where he covered the wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, and covered politics, corruption and natural disasters in Mexico. From Latin America, he reported for UPI, the San Francisco Examiner, Newsday, The Arizona Republic, Houston Chronicle and the NBC Radio Network.
    Mr. Allen's Biography:
    Arthur Allen was born in Cincinnati and educated at the University of California, Berkeley where he received an undergraduate degree in Development Studies. He was a foreign correspondent for the Associate Press in El Salvador during the war in that country, and later was based in Mexico City, Paris, and Bonn, Germany. Since 1995, he has been a freelance magazine writer in Washington, D.C., specializing in biomedical affairs. Allen is particularly interested in how society responds to changes in technology. His book (to be released in January 2007) chronicles the rough and tumble history of vaccines as well as the social and cultural response to vaccination programs, from Cotton Mather's Boston in the early 18th Century, to present-day conflicts over vaccine safety and supply. Allen lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, the writer Margaret Talbot, and his two children.

    Event Sponsored by: Generation Rescue, Safe Minds, Talk About Curing Autism, The Berle Family, Children's Corner School and The Cognitive Science Department of the University of California, San Diego

    Event Information:

    Location:UC San Diego Price Center 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla Ca 92093
    Date:Saturday, January 13, 2007
    Time:Lecture & Debate 10:00am to 12:30pm
    Reception & Book Signing:1:00 to 2:00pm
    Costs:Lecture:  Free if R.S.V.P.'s received online via www.tacanow.org PRIOR TO 1/9/2007or $10 on-site or 1/10/2007
    After talk Reception:  $5 on-site)

    For more information please go to www.tacanow.org or call (858) 673-7193