Published on December 10, 2010  

Drs. David Johnson and George Keller took part in a panel during the Davis lecture week which discussed the biological and ethical considerations of issues raised in Kevin Davies’ book, Cracking the Genome; Inside the Race to Unlock Human DNA. Others on the panel included Dr. Dennis Sansom, professor of philosophy at Samford University, Dr. Bradley Dennis, M.D., medical director at Brookwood Hospital, and Dr. Bruce Korf, M.D., Ph. D., professor and chair of the department of medical genetics at UAB-School of Medicine.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.