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The Beginning of Science. The Science of Beginning.
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The Beginning of Science. The Science of Beginning.
Check the AzOSA events page for scheduled lectures, field studies, and seminars. Then sign up for our newsletter
Summary:
These questions are answered: Does sickle cell anemia occur by
the addition or loss of genetic information to the genome? Who does sickle cell disease affect? What is malaria? What does sickle cell disease consist of? How does sickle cell disease protect against malaria? What is the cost for this “protection”? Why this ticks me off!
Presenter: Dr. Joseph Kezele
Joseph Kezele studied the sciences and music at the University of Arizona, while earning his B.A. in Russian in 1971, and his M.D. in 1975. He then completed a Pediatric Residency and practiced Emergency Medicine for 25 years in the Phoenix area and was a diplomate of the American Board of Emergency Medicine and fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. He is now retired from the practice of medicine, served as President of AzOSA for 19 years, and now serves on the Board of AzOSA and as a consultant and mentor. He is an Associate Professor of Biology at Arizona Christian University in Glendale, teaching Nutrition and Wellness, Medical Terminology, Human Genetics, Biochemistry, Pathophysiology, Organic Chemistry and Creation Science Apologetics.
Dr. Kezele is also a Logos Research Associate, a Fellow of the Creation Research Society, and had the privilege of participating in a dinosaur dig in Montana and excavated a triceratops horn and the triceratops cervical condyle from which intact osteocytes in soft tissue were isolated.
He has participated in 24 foreign mission trips, teaching medicine, standard evangelism and creation science evangelism in India, Zambia, Mexico, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Ukraine, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Armenia, and Moldova. Dr. Kezele is one of the principal presenters in the Institute for Creation Research’s 4 DVD series Made in His Image.
Dr. Kezele teaches Creation Science Evangelism at Black Mountain Baptist Church in Cave Creek, Arizona, where he and his wife Patty attend. Their three adult children live and work in the Phoenix area.
