Department of Pharmacy and Wednesday, 20th February 2008 Seminar at 16:15 in **5W2.3**

“Science fact and science fiction - How to read the news critically”

Prof David Colquhoun FRS Pharmacology Department, University College London

ABSTRACT

David Colquhoun FRS is one of the major characters in UK Pharmacology, and has strong opinions. He will be entertaining and controversial, you should plan to come and hear him on this relevant ethical issue. It is an important part of teaching our BBSRC/EPSRC PG students that ethical issues are considered. Take a few minutes to surf improbable science:

http://dcscience.net/

http://www.dcscience.net/improbable.html#walker1

http://www.badscience.net/?p=431

http://www.quackometer.net/blog/2007/09/patrick-holford-no-comment.html

and you will find opinions about vitamin C (some say it is better for AIDS than AZT, David does not agree), (some say it allows you help to stop smoking, David does not agree), and especially the placebo effect, or rather (David does not agree). I am told he has a WWW page about RAE vs REF, and how citation scoring might NOT be the way ahead... So, you cannot exaggerate David Colquhoun (he is the one deliberately photographed with the pipe), please plan to attend at 4.15 this Wed.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/Pharmacology/dc.html

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