Upcoming Events at Enoch Pratt Free Library - Central Branch
Mon Feb 6, 7:30 PM - Mon Feb 6, 9:30 PM
Enoch Pratt Free Library - Central Branch
400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Community: Baltimore
Description
A panel discussion examining ethics in medical education, research, treatment, and practice with regard to the history of African Americans in the U.S.
Event Details
The Enoch Pratt Free Library celebrates Black History in Baltimore with a series of free events throughout the month of February.
Taking place at the library's Central Branch, From Fortune to Henrietta Lacks and Beyond will be a panel discussion examining ethics in medical education, research, treatment, and practice and explore the parallels between Fortune's story and that of Henrietta Lacks.
According to the Free Library,
"When Fortune, a slave, died in 1798, his owner, Dr. Porter, dissected his body and preserved the skeleton. Fortune's bones remained in the doctor's family until they were given to the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1930.
In the 1950s, a young African American woman named Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins Hospital for cancer treatment. During her treatment, tissues were taken from her body without her knowledge and used to grow cells for research purposes. These cells, later nicknamed HeLa cells, were discovered to have extraordinary growth abilities and have been used in countless experiments since."
Panelists will include...
-Professor Taunya Lovell-Banks from the University of Maryland School of Law
-Dr. Curt Civin from the University of Maryland School of Medicine
-David Lacks, son of Henrietta Lacks
-Ysaye Barnwell, composer and curator of the Fortune's Bones Project
And moderator, Kojo Nnamdi of WAMU-FM.
This event is FREE to attend.
Taking place at the library's Central Branch, From Fortune to Henrietta Lacks and Beyond will be a panel discussion examining ethics in medical education, research, treatment, and practice and explore the parallels between Fortune's story and that of Henrietta Lacks.
According to the Free Library,
"When Fortune, a slave, died in 1798, his owner, Dr. Porter, dissected his body and preserved the skeleton. Fortune's bones remained in the doctor's family until they were given to the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut in 1930.
In the 1950s, a young African American woman named Henrietta Lacks went to Johns Hopkins Hospital for cancer treatment. During her treatment, tissues were taken from her body without her knowledge and used to grow cells for research purposes. These cells, later nicknamed HeLa cells, were discovered to have extraordinary growth abilities and have been used in countless experiments since."
Panelists will include...
-Professor Taunya Lovell-Banks from the University of Maryland School of Law
-Dr. Curt Civin from the University of Maryland School of Medicine
-David Lacks, son of Henrietta Lacks
-Ysaye Barnwell, composer and curator of the Fortune's Bones Project
And moderator, Kojo Nnamdi of WAMU-FM.
This event is FREE to attend.
