Medical Apartheid: The History of Experimentation on Black Americans

Harriet Washington

Monday, 18 Sep 2017 at 7:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

Harriet Washington is a medical ethicist and author of the best-selling book Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present. She has been a fellow in ethics at the Harvard Medical School, a fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a senior research scholar at the National Center for Bioethics at Tuskegee University. Her latest book, Infectious Madness, looks at the connection between germs and mental illness. An award-winning medical writer and editor, Washington has worked for USA Today, been a Knight Fellow at Stanford University, and written for such academic forums as The New England Journal of Medicine. National Affairs Series

No podcast or recording will be available for this event.

Cosponsored By:
  • African & African American Studies Program
  • Bioethics Program
  • Biomedical Sciences
  • Genetics and Genomics Program
  • Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology
  • History
  • LAS Miller Lecture Fund
  • MFA Program in Creative Writing & Environment
  • National Affairs
  • Neuroscience Graduate Program
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Toxicology Program
  • University Library
  • Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
Share
Share
Set a Reminder
Add to Calendar
Sign-ins after Event

Stay for the entire event, including the brief question-and-answer session that follows the formal presentation. Most events run 75 minutes.

Sign-ins are after the event concludes. For lectures in the Memorial Union, go to the information desk in the Main Lounge. In other academic buildings, look for signage outside the auditorium.

Lecture Etiquette

  • Stay for the entire lecture and the brief audience Q&A. If a student needs to leave early, he or she should sit near the back and exit discreetly.
  • Do not bring food or uncovered drinks into the lecture.
  • Check with Lectures staff before taking photographs or recording any portion of the event. There are often restrictions. Cell phones, tablets and laptops may be used to take notes or for class assignments.
  • Keep questions or comments brief and concise to allow as many as possible.