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Book Talk: Amy Marcus on “We the Scientists”
March 14, 2023 @ 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
The Knight Science Journalism program is excited to welcome journalist Amy Dockser Marcus for a discussion of her new book We the Scientists: How a Daring Team of Parents and Doctors Forged a New Path for Medicine.
Marcus, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and the author of a new book called We the Scientists, spent more than a decade following a group of families whose children have the rare and fatal genetic disorder Niemann-Pick disease Type C. The parents set up an unusual partnership with scientists, doctors, and government officials to find a drug to treat the disease. Following a story for a long period of time poses unique challenges, especially when scientific understanding of a disease is uncertain, clinical trials take longer than expected, and disagreements arise among collaborators. Amy will discuss how she addressed these issues in writing We the Scientists and the ways the lessons she learned informs her reporting today.
Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.