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This symposium aims to examine—from multiple perspectives—the mixed legacy of Thomas Parran, Pitt Public Health's founding dean. Expert panelists include:
- Dr. Thomas Parran: An Overview of His Career
Gregory J. Dober, MA
Adjunct Professor, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) Erie, PA
- Escaping Melodrama: What do we do about the "bad" men in the studies in Tuskegee and Guatemala?
Susan Reverby, PhD
Marion Butler McLean Professor Emerita in the History of Ideas, Wellesley College
Fellow, Crime and Punishment Workshop, Charles Warren Center, Harvard University, 2017-18
- Lessons from the History of the US Public Health Service Research Studies in Tuskegee and Guatemala
Bill Jenkins, PhD, MPH
Professor of Public Health Sciences and Associate Director of the Research Center on Health Disparities
Morehouse College
- The Roles of Monuments and Naming in Collective Memory and Identity
|Kirk Savage, PhD
William S. Dietrich II Chair and Professor of History of Art and Architecture
University of Pittsburgh
Tentative Schedule:
Refreshments will be available starting at 2:00
2:30 - 3:15 Introductory remarks by each speaker (titles above)
3:15 - 3:45 Discussion among the speakers (Dr. Jenkins will moderate)
3:45 - 4:15 Audience questions for the speakers
4:15 - 4:45 Speakers available for informal interaction