Book Readings By UCSF Faculty

Nobel Prize-winner and UCSF Professor Emeritus Harold Varmus will be reading from his new book The Art and Politics of Science at Kepler's in Menlo Park on Monday, May 4, at 7:30 pm. Much of Dr. Varmus' scientific work was conducted during his 23 years as an active faculty member at UCSF. In 1993, Varmus transformed from an academic scientist to a political one when President Clinton asked him to direct the National Institutes of Health. He is currently the president of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

David Kessler, Professor of Pediatrics and former Dean of the School of Medicine as well as former Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will be talking about his new book The End of Overeating at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on May 8 at noon. Drawing on years of extensive research and interviews with medical experts and industry insiders, the book reveals the science and marketing behind overeating and how consumers can fight back.

In other literary news, a short story by UCSF Pediatric Oncology Fellow Chris Adrian was recently featured in the New Yorker. The story takes place at an unamed Children's Hospital near "Buena Vista Park." Adrian has also been awarded a 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship