[NVIC] TONIGHT - Hear Wakefield On Autism Epidemic

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http://www.fightingautism.org/events/cmu2005/

FIGHTING AUTISM

Dr. Wakefield:

The Origins of the Autism Epidemic

The conference will be broadcast LIVE.

Directions for listening to the broadcast of this event TONIGHT at 7:30 p.m.

EST:

1. Go to:

http://www.chem.cmu.edu/

and then put (again) the wesite link listed below

http://www.chem.cmu.edu/wakefield

2. In order to watch online you must download Windows Media Player 9, if you

don't have it. It is a good idea to download BEFORE 7:30 p.m. EST start time

because it takes time to download the software which allows you to hear the

presentations.

Vicky Debold, RN, PhD

Yazbak, MD

Debbie Darnley-Fisch, MD

Arthur Krigsman, MD

November 17th, 2005

7:30 PM

Carnegie Mellon University

Mellon Institute Auditorium

4400 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor*

Pittsburgh, PA

*please use the South Bellefield Avenue entrance

To print out flyer click here:

http://www.fightingautism.org/events/cmu2005/-Wakefield-Autism.pdf

After the Mellon Institute auditorium is filled to capacity, the 'overflow'

rooms will be filled in the following order:

Conference Room, 3rd floor

Social Room, 3rd floor

Room 355, Room 448

Registration Fee: FREE

Presentation Overview: Wakefield, MD, FRCS., FRCPath., will discuss

his research into autism and the connection with the MMR vaccine. A

moderated panel discussion will immediately follow the lecture. Panel

members include: Vicky Debold, RN, PhD; Yazbak, MD; Debbie

Darnley-Fisch, MD; and Arthur Krigsman, MD.

Dr. Wakefield, MB.BS., FRCS., FRCPath., is an academic

gastroenterologist who has gained international recognition as an authority

on autism. During the course of his work on childhood developmental

disorders, Dr. Wakefield became increasingly convinced of the need for a

research-oriented, integrated bio-medical and educational approach to these

disorders in order to translate clinical benefits for affected children into

measurable developmental progress; this is the driving aim of Thoughtful

House. Dr. Wakefield has published 132 original scientific articles, book

chapters and invited scientific commentaries and was awarded the Fellowship

of the Royal College of Pathologists in 2001. He is medical advisor to the

United Kingdom charity, Visceral, and sits on the board of the U.S. charity,

Medical Interventions for Autism.

Who Should Attend: Parents, patients, physicians, and other health care

workers with an interest in autism spectrum disorders.

Limited Seating: Limited to the first 550 people! 300 seats in the Mellon

Institute auditorium and 250 in overflow rooms.

Video DVD Available: Live Video Simulcast.

Sponsored by: Co-sponsored by the Carnegie Mellon University Lecture Series,

a partnership between the Office of the Vice Provost for Education and the

Division of Student Affairs and the Collaborative on Health and the

Environment in Pennsylvania (CHE-Penn).

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