By Daily Press staff
Distinguished scientists are gearing up for a month of lectures at Santa Monica College that will shed light on diabesity, the state’s levee system and the sex life of certain species under the sea.
“Diabesity, the Epidemic that Threatens America” will be the topic of the kick-off talk March 8 in SMC’s spring 2006 “Distinguished Scientists Lecture Series,” a free series of talks designed for lay audiences.
The lecture will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 8 in science lecture Hall 145, 1900 Pico Blvd. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The speaker will be Dr. Francine Kaufman, a pediatric endocrinologist, professor of pediatrics at Keck School of Medicine at USC, and an attending physician at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles.
Kaufman is a distinguished author and lecturer, and is a past president of the American Diabetes Association. The recipient of many grants and contracts from the federal government as well as corporations and foundations, she has had her research funded by the National Institute of Health since 1980. She also holds patents on numerous intellectual properties.
The other lectures in the series — all held in science lecture hall 145 — are: I Thursday, March 9 at 11:15 a.m.: “Hell and High Water: California’s Own Delta and Its Implications for Southern California,” by Dr. Jeffrey Mount, UC Davis geology professor, who will speak on the potential for disastrous flooding in California, much like New Orleans, because of aging levees.
I Thursday, May 4 at 11:15 a.m.: “A Slug’s Life: Sex, Habitat Choice and Speciation in the Sea” by Dr. Patrick J. Krug, assistant professor of geology at California State University at Los Angeles.
The lecture series is sponsored by the SMC Associates, a private organization that funds speakers and special events on campus. For information, call (310) 434-4303. Elks see ‘major project’ payoff
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 23, 2006. Read the original PDF.