David Ewing Duncan
David Ewing Duncan is scheduled to speak at Arizona Science Center on July 3 for Adults’ Night Out. Adults’ Night Out is a free event for anyone 18 and over. The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with David’s presentation at 7:00 p.m. and a showing of Sharks 3D in the IMAX® Theater at 8:15 p.m. (regular IMAX fees apply).
Based on award-winning stories in Wired and National Geographic, David’s talk will explore the brave new world of medicine and environmental testing as he conducts the ultimate writer-as-guinea pig experience on himself. Can personalized medicine that will use not only genetics, but environmental profiles, brain scans and body scans offer tantalizing clues to diseases that could be caused by a combination of genetic mutations and toxins in the environment?
David will be signing books following his lecture until 9 p.m. Books will be available for purchase on-site.
David Ewing Duncan is an award-winning, best-selling author of seven books and numerous essays, articles and short stories; and a television, radio and film producer and correspondent. He was a Contributing Editor and Columnist for Conde Nast Portfolio, a Chief Correspondent for NPR Talk's "Biotech Nation", and a commentator for NPR's "Morning Edition". At UC Berkeley he is the Director of the Center for Life Science Policy and a Visiting Researcher at the Graduate School of Journalism.
David also has been a Contributing Editor to Wired and Discover, and a special correspondent and producer for ABC's Nightline and 20/20. He has been a correspondent for NOVA's ScienceNow!, and a producer for Discovery Television. He is a contributor to National Geographic, Fortune and MIT Technology Review; and he was a longtime correspondent for Life. He also has written for Harper’s, Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, Outside, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Washington Post Book World, The San Francisco Chronicle, and The New York Times, among others.
David is the Founder and Editorial Director of the BioAgenda Institute, an independent, non-profit program of events and educational initiatives that discusses and analyzes crucial issues in life sciences which is being folded into the new Center for Life Science Policy at UC Berkeley. He has been the host of the annual BioAgenda Summit.
David's other books include the bestselling Pedaling the Ends of the Earth (Simon & Schuster), about his bicycle expedition around the world, and Hernando Soto: A Savage Quest in the Americas, called an astonishing tour de force by the New York Times Book Review. He wrote Residents: The Perils and Promise of Educating Young Doctors (Scribner) and Cape to Cairo: An African Odyssey (Grove Atlantic). His fiction has appeared in two anthologies. He has taught creative writing at Stanford University. He works at the San Francisco Writer’s Grotto, and lives in San Francisco.
For more information on Adults’ Night Out call 602-716-2000 or visit azscience.org.
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