Francis S. Collins to Kick Off Spiritual Journeys Series
How Science and Faith Can Exist in Harmony
Sunday, December 3, 7-9 pm.
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Dr. Collins, M.D. and Ph.D., is Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and was the leader of the international Human Genome Project (HGP), that succeeded in reading all the letters of the human DNA instruction book and depositing that information in public databases in April 2003. This renowned scientist is also a committed Christian. He is author of a new book entitled “The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief”, in which he describes his journey from atheism to faith.
Dr. Collins received a B.S. from the University of Virginia, a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Yale University, and an M.D. from the University of North Carolina. Following a fellowship in Human Genetics at Yale, he joined the faculty at the University of Michigan, where he remained until moving to NIH in 1993. His research has led to the identification of genes responsible for cystic fibrosis, neurofibromatosis, Huntington's disease and Hutchison-Gilford progeria syndrome. He is a member of the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences.