This week the West Virginia University David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas will explore how we can have more years of better health in a discussion with Dr. David Agus, author of the No. 1 New York Times bestseller “The End of Illness.”

Dr. David Agus is one of the world’s leading cancer doctors and a pioneer in biomedical research. His book examines the accepted wisdom in healthcare today and how the way we treat our bodies deprives us of robust health through daily activities such as taking multivitamins, sitting most of the day, and purchasing food that we think is “fresh.”

Agus is professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California where he heads the Westside Cancer Center and the Center for Applied Molecular Medicine. He received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton and his Medical Degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He trained at Johns Hopkins and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and is chair of the Global Agenda Council on Genetics for the World Economic Forum.

Agus will present his Festival of Ideas lecture on Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in The Erickson Alumni Center. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Laurence and Jean DeLynn Lecture Series and the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center.

This lecture series was created in 1995 by former WVU president, David C. Hardesty Jr., and was inspired by events he organized as WVU’s student body president in the 1960s.

Today, the Festival of Ideas spans the entire academic year and is organized by the Office of University Events. The aim is to bring key figures from politics, business, entertainment, research, sports, scholarship and culture to Morgantown to open the doors of discussion and engage the Mountaineer community in thoughtful conversations about important issues by facilitating the free exchange of ideas and knowledge.

The series is supported in part by the David C. Hardesty Jr. Festival of Ideas Endowment. All lectures are free and open to the public.

Go online to http://festivalofideas.wvu.edu/ to view the latest information. Follow the Festival of Ideas on Facebook.

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