Osher Lifelong Learning Institute - UC San Diego

Tuesday 1:00 p.m.
Classroom 129
January 22
Professor Edward Brown
Choosing Wisely: A Discussion of Evidence-
Based Medical Practice
Medical care is expensive. Senior citizens have
all had the experience of getting a complete
physical with time spent talking to the physician,
an examination, myriad lab tests (EKGs, x-rays, CT
or MRI scans) — and then comes the astonishing
bill. This discussion explores the evidence-based
medicine movement of the last few years. The
“Choosing Wisely” campaign is an example of one
effort to change the way people think and behave
when they go to a doctor’s office. Evidence-based
health care is an approach that requires patient
participation with the physician to find the right
path of care based on current medical knowledge
rather than old medical dogma.
Dr. Edward Brown received his B.A., B.S., and M.S.
degrees in biology from Stanford University, and
his M.D. from the University of Virginia. His present
position is health sciences clinical professor of
medicine, UCSD School of Medicine.
Distinguished Lecture Series
February 5
Understanding the Disposal of High Level
Radioactive Waste: The Basics
February 26
The The History and Status of Yucca Mountain
This lecture will review how Yucca Mountain was
eventually chosen, the technical merits of the site,
the licensing progress for the site, and the political
opposition in the state of Nevada. Dr. Vieth
will also discuss President Obama’s Blue Ribbon
Commission on America’s Nuclear Future.
Donald Vieth received his Ph.D. from the
University of Cincinnati in 1972. He worked
for many years at the Energy Research and
Development Administration on repository siting
and development. In 1982, he became a project
manager for the Yucca Mountain Project, and in
1987 he became deputy assistant manager for
Environment, Safety, Health, and Security for the
Nuclear Weapons Test Program.
Coordinator: Dick Dahlberg
Coordinator: Lyle Kalish
Donald L. Vieth, Ph.D.
The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Disposal
Dilemma
In these two lectures, one of the major players in
the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste disposal project
will address the difficult challenges in disposing
of high-level radioactive waste and will discuss
the background and troubled history of the Yucca
Mountain disposal site.
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