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Patricia Wheeler
Patricia Wheeler graduated from Indiana Univeristy School of Medicine and finished residencies in both pediatrics and clinical genetics in Indianapolis. She has worked in Boston and Orlando, FL, as a clinician caring for individuals and families with genetic disorders for 13 years. Along the way she has more then 25 peer reviewed publications in major journals such as the American Journal of Clinical Genetics. When not seeing patients, she is the president of the Orlando Area Science Fiction Society and helps to put on a local convention, OASIS.
Programming for Patricia Wheeler
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| Thu | 13:00 | (A09) | 1 hr |
Where there's a Will there's a Way: Reproductive Technology, Medical Ethics and the Law
W.S. Gilbert wrote "If I can't disinherit my own unborn son, whose unborn son can I disinherit?" But, what if you want to arrange for your un-conceived child to inherit your possessions? What are the medical, ethical, and legal implications of modern reproductive practices such as surrogate parenting and the use of sperm banks? |
| Fri | 10:00 | (A09) | 1 hr |
The Hidden Monkey Wrench in Cloning
How can two cats have identical DNA and yet look and act differently? What's going on? Speculation on what we might not know and why cloning might be a whole lot more complicated than we think. |
| Sat | 16:00 | (A18) | 1 hr |
The Work and Legacy of Diana Wynne Jones
One of our leading fantasists, Diana Wynne Jones, died this year. Over her long career she made a significant and enduring impact on the field, both in children's fantasy and the genre as a whole. Her impact extended beyond the written word with adaptations of her work, notably including Miyazaki's version of Howl's Moving Castle. Our panel examines Diana Wynne Jones's work and her role in shaping the genre. |