Dr. Gamble will analyze the history of the United States Public Health at Tuskegee (more frequently called the Tuskegee Syphilis Study). She will examine the legacy of the Syphilis Study in health care and medical research in African American communities, including contemporary discussions of COVID-19. She will also discuss that a myopic focus on the impact of the Syphilis Study on African American attitudes toward medicine and public health obviates an understanding of the influence of multiple historical factors and the impact of contemporary racism. There will also be time for Q&A. Refreshments provided.

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Find out more about the American Studies Research Group who are facilitating Dr Gamble's visit and speaker series: https://americanstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/benjamin-meaker-distinguished-professor-speaker-series/.