2024 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture

Join us in honoring the legacy of Mrs. Henrietta Lacks at the 14th Anniversary of the Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture. This year, we invite guests to join us either in person or virtually.

We are pleased to have Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable, Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as our keynote speaker. We are also excited to have Dr. Nadine Barrett Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Public Health, Senior Associate Dean, Associate Director, Atrium Health/Wake Forest Comprehensive Cancer Center as a speaker.

The 2024 awardees of both the Urban Health Institute's Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award and the Henrietta Lacks Dunbar Health Sciences Scholarship will be announced.

All are welcome. Free parking is available in the Washington Street garage, located at 701 N. Washington Street, Baltimore 21205. Check-in begins at 9:00 am and the program starts at 10:00 am.

Thank you, Henrietta!

The goal of the Henrietta Lacks Memorial Lecture is to describe the reach and complexity, both biomedically and ethically, of the story of Mrs. Henrietta Lacks and HeLa cells, as well as to provide some insight into the past, present, and future of the conduct of clinical research. By honoring Mrs. Lacks and the positive global impact of HeLa cells through this lecture series, the ICTR hopes to acknowledge, thank and honor everyone who participates in the clinical research process.

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