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Erik Viirre, M.D., Ph.D., Director, UCSD Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination
November 30, 2021 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Erik Viirre M.D. Ph.D is a Professor at the University of California,
San Diego (UCSD) in the Department of Neurosciences. Working in the
UCSD Health System since 1997, he treats people with vertigo, balance
problems and tinnitus. Dr. Viirre’s scientific interests include vision,
hearing and the vestibular system and higher cognitive function where
he is extensively published and cited in the scientific literature with
numerous papers, textbook chapters and patents. He has made
presentations around the world to universities, corporations and
government agencies. Dr. Viirre has carried out work in a broad range of
areas including neurophysiology, military medicine, human space flight,
laser technology and neuroethics. Since 2019, Dr. Viirre has been the
Director of the Arthur C Clarke Center for Human Imagination, a center
dedicated to the Neuroscience of Imagination, and themes of Cosmology,
Science Fiction and the future of Humankind