Lecture Examines Feminist Issues in Science

Issues faced by feminists in science will be the topic of a lecture to be given at noon Monday, Dec. 2, at the University of California, Davis. Ann C. Bonham, an assistant professor of internal medicine and pharmacology at the UC Davis School of Medicine, will deliver her talk in MU II of the Memorial Union. Bonham's lecture is titled "A Feminist in Science: What Does She Do, What Does She Think?" Her appearance is part of the Women's Resources and Research Center's Spotlight on Women Scholars lecture series. After describing briefly her own research, which is directed toward understanding how the brain regulates breathing in health and disease, Bonham will address the theoretical question concerning tensions between feminist thought and the practice of science. Before joining the faculty at the UC Davis medical school, Bonham earned her doctoral degree in pharmacology at the University of Iowa, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University Medical School. She has received several research grants, including current support from the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program. The presentation is free and open to the public. For more information, call (916) 752-3372.

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