Soho Forum Debate: Terence Kealey vs. Jeffrey Flier

Wed Mar 04 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-05:00

The Sheen Center | New York

The Soho Forum
Publisher/HostThe Soho Forum
Soho Forum Debate: Terence Kealey vs. Jeffrey Flier Resolution: The National Institutes of Health should be abolished.
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For the affirmative: Terence Kealey is a British biochemist and historian of science and economics. He is the former vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham and the author of The Economic Laws of Scientific Research and Sex, Science and Profits: How People Evolved To Make Money. He is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, where he published the recent white paper, .


For the negative: Jeffrey Flier is an endocrinologist and an award-winning researcher on the causes of obesity and diabetes. He is a Harvard University distinguished service professor and the Higginson professor of physiology and medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was the 21st dean of the faculty of medicine at Harvard University and served as a clinical associate at the National Institutes of Health.


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Agenda

🕑: 06:00 PM
Doors open
Host: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
🕑: 06:30 PM
Meeting convenes
Host: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
🕑: 08:00 PM
Reception
Host: Gene Epstein & Hisako Kobayashi's Apartment

Info: Food and drink are included with a Reception ticket.

Please note: to attend the reception, you must purchase a Debate + Reception ticket.


Event Venue

The Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street, New York, United States

Tickets

USD 12.00 to USD 34.00

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