Events & Calendars2020 Fink Symposium: “Science and Medicine: From Amherst to the Laboratory, Medical School, and Beyond”

Established in 2009 in honor of Gerald R. Fink ’62, the annual symposium is an opportunity for students who aim to work in health care policy, medicine and bioscience research to interact with Amherst alumni who are leaders in these fields.
The symposium will begin at 3 p.m. with introductory remarks by George Carmany ’62, who founded the gathering with Fink. Their Amherst classmate Marc Pohl ’62 , head of clinical hypertension and nephrology at the Cleveland Clinic, will be among the slate of speakers. For a complete schedule visit amherst.edu/go/bioscience
This year’s keynote presenter is Harvey Lodish, founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, and Professor of Biology and of Biological Engineering, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He will deliver his address at 8 p.m.
The symposium includes a dinner with the keynote address; registration is required. Please see the Fink Symposium website for registration, a full list of speakers and schedule: amherst.edu/go/bioscience