Aug. 13 is deadline to apply for Knight Center seminar on covering medical advances

The Knight Center for Specialized Journalism's next workshop, "Medical Advances: Treatments, Cures, Possibilities," will be held Sept. 23-26 at the University of Maryland. Knight Center fellowships cover all costs, including reference materials, hotel lodging and meals. News organizations pay travel. Applications for fellowships are due Aug. 13.

This seminar will survey recent breakthroughs in medical research, look at future possibilities and talk about new science, the latest trends and more. Attendees will visit the National Institutes of Health and look at at cutting edge research in various medical research institutes. Confirmed speakers include S. Jay Olshansky, professor, School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, speaking on increasing lifespans; Jonathan D. Moreno, professor of medical ethics, University of Pennsylvania; and Terry Huang, director, Obesity Research Strategic Core, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

For more information, click here, call the Knight Center at 301-405-4817, or e-mail the center at knight@umd.edu.