Storer Lectureship feat. Richard Harris | October 25, 2017

The Tracy and Ruth Storer Lectureship in the Life Sciences Presents "Common Errors that Bedevil Biomedical Research and How to Fix Them"
About the series: The Tracy and Ruth Storer Lectureship in the Life Sciences was established in 1960, to invite distinguished biological scientists to campus to present lectures and meet with faculty members and graduate students in their field of interest. Past Storer Lectures have included Nobel laureates, members of the National Academy of Science and acclaimed authors in medicine and the life sciences.
Harris has worked as a science correspondent with National Public Radio since 1986. Prior to this, he was a science writer at the San Francisco Examiner. He was president of the National Association of Science Writers from 1996 to 1998, co-founded the DC Science Writers Association in 1987 and served as president of the Northern California Science Writers Association. He received the 2010 AAAS/Kavli Science Journalism Award for his coverage of the BP oil spill, shared a Peabody award for reporting that the tobacco industry was aware of the hazards of smoking and was honored by the American Geophysical Union for his work on climate change. Richard now focuses on biomedicine and took a leave 2015-16 to write the book, Rigor Mortis, which details the challenges of rigor and reproducibility in biomedical research.