Evolutionary Medicine Conference: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Health and Disease
July 30 – August 1, 2015 at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine (IEM)University of Zurich, Switzerland
Description:
This international conference will bring together distinguished keynote speakers as well as experts from different research areas (including medicine, anthropology, molecular/evolutionary biology, paleopathology, archaeology, epidemiology, and other fields) to debate on the evolutionary origins of diseases and on how the past informs the present and the future. Furthermore, specific implications of such interdisciplinary research in the understanding and management of human health issues will be addressed.
Confirmed Keynote Speakers (by July 2014):
- Harald zur Hausen (2008 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine)
- Gillian Bentley (Durham University, UK)
- Stephen Stearns (Yale University, USA)
- Wenda Trevathan (New Mexico State University, USA)
- Maciej Henneberg (University of Adelaide, AUS)
- Randolph Nesse (Arizona State University, USA)
- Ruth Mace (University College London, UK)
- Provisional: Paul Turner (Yale University, USA)
Timeline (preliminary):
- Oct 2014: Official Conference Webpage online
- Oct 2014: Abstract submission and Registration open
- Feb 2015: Abstract submission deadline
- Jul 2015: Registration Deadline
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