MLK Commemoration Week: Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. as a whole human being! (Links to an external site)

Dr. King dedicated his life to improving the educational access and opportunity given to every person, and at WashU School of Medicine we continue to strive toward those values. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week is a platform for engaging students, faculty, trainees, staff, and community members in critical conversations around race and contemporary civil rights issues in America. All are welcome to get involved and participate!

2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Lecture

Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD, Senior Fellow at the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine, presented the 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Lecture at the Eric P. Newman Center on the medical campus on January 21st. 

Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health

The man who wrote the book about poorer health outcomes for persons of color will be in St. Louis on Monday, January 15 as the MLK celebration keynote speaker at Washington University School of Medicine. For further reading see this Article in The St. Louis American. “Bending the Arc: Harnessing Research and Engagement for Health Equity” […]