The recent leaps of science—sequencing the human genome, advancing the world-changing technology of CRISPR, deepening knowledge of the brain—owe much to Francis Collins’s brilliant mind and steady hand. Who better, then, to talk about what transformative discoveries come next? Genomics, immunotherapy, precision medicine, new uses for mRNA technology, and other interdisciplinary, silo-busting efforts promise much more, perhaps under the umbrella of the nascent Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), established to support high-risk, high-reward biomedical research.

This conversation was part of Aspen Ideas: Health 2022.

Speakers:
Walter Isaacson, Professor of History, Tulane University; Author, The Code Breaker; Distinguished Fellow, Aspen Institute

Francis Collins, Acting Science Advisor to the President; Acting Co-Chair, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology


Aspen Ideas: Health takes place on the Aspen Institute’s wondrous 40-acre campus in the Rocky Mountains from June 22-25, 2022. The three-day event, which has opened the renowned Aspen Ideas Festival since 2014, is where health’s biggest challenges meet its biggest thinkers. #AspenIdeasHealth #AspenIdeas

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