Presented from Friendly House, three HGP members share stories of notable events in their lives. Organized by Suzanne Thornton.
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My Life as a Musician
10/16/2016
Bo Ayars
Bo Ayars talks about his life as a musician, including his years with Liberace, Elvis, and Streisand. Then he plays some of the styles of music he has written and played. He takes questions, as well as song requests. For Bo music is fun, and he plans to keep this presentation on the light-hearted side.
DNA and Human Evolution
10/02/2016
Jon Peters
Presentation by Jon Peters. Since the Human Genome was sequenced more than a decade ago, scientists have been mining it for evolutionary relationships. Several new discoveries have confirmed our shared ancestry with the apes, and has confirmed our exit out of East Africa tens of thousands of years ago. Dr. Peters has been active promoting secular humanism and rational thought with the Center For Inquiry (Portland). In 2008 he founded Secular Humanists of East Portland. He has been the recipient of several teaching awards.
Health Care for all Oregon
09/25/2016
Cliff Goldman & Larry Steward
Presentation by Cliff Goldman & Larry Steward. We are a coalition of organizations who are fighting for comprehensive, equitable, publicly funded, healthcare. Every year 600 people in Oregon die, and another 8,000 suffer financial ruin all because they lack access to affordable care. We agree with the 77% of Oregonians who believe health care is a human right.
Age-Related Clonal Hematopoiesis
09/11/2016
Jeff Tyner & Kim-Hien Dao
As we age, a stunning proportion of us develop clonal expansion of pre-leukemic cells in our blood and bone marrow. Drs. Jeff Tyner and Kim-Hien Dao explore this phenomenon and its implications for our understanding of malignancy, cancer therapies, and aging. Dr. Tyner is assistant professor of cell and developmental biology at the OHSU School of Medicine and is a member of the Knight Cancer Institute. He received an award from the AAAS for research that identifies cancer-causing mutations and finding drugs that target these mutations. Dr. Dao specializes in hematology and oncology.