Re: There really IS a Geffen School of Medicine?

[Guest guest]

It's only fairly recently that UCLA's medical school became " The

Geffen School of Medicine " . He donated $200 million to the

school in 2001. Yep, that will do it. Kind of like all those bowl

games and stadiums that used to have simple names like Cotton Bowl

and Candlestick Park. Those were the days...

On Jan 8, 2008, at 3:40 PM, anacat_11 wrote:

> What's the diploma look like? Does everyone have to wear skinny jeans

> in cadaver work?

>

> From the CBS article denying thimerosal's link to autism, I noticed

> that one comment came from Dr. Geschwind at the Devid Geffen School of

> Medicine at UCLA.

>

> To be fair, I think this doctor may have been quoted out of

> context. He

> says " something else is at play here " . Something else other than what?

> Genes? Thimerosal? The journalist put an obvious twirl on the

> information, so it's hard to tell. But maybe not. Maybe Geschwind is

> just an all-genes, all-the-time guy.

>

> Well, Geffen got Guns N' Roses started. Why not the gene for autism?

> Lol, lol, lol.

>

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[Guest guest]

Check it out:

http://www.autismspeaks.org/press/autism_speaks_can_complete.php

The Dr. Geschwind who was interviewed in the CBS article is on the

scientific advisory board of Autism Speaks.

>

> > What's the diploma look like? Does everyone have to wear skinny

jeans

> > in cadaver work?

> >

> > From the CBS article denying thimerosal's link to autism, I

noticed

> > that one comment came from Dr. Geschwind at the Devid Geffen

School of

> > Medicine at UCLA.

> >

> > To be fair, I think this doctor may have been quoted out of

> > context. He

> > says " something else is at play here " . Something else other than

what?

> > Genes? Thimerosal? The journalist put an obvious twirl on the

> > information, so it's hard to tell. But maybe not. Maybe Geschwind

is

> > just an all-genes, all-the-time guy.

> >

> > Well, Geffen got Guns N' Roses started. Why not the gene for

autism?

> > Lol, lol, lol.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >