Please join WashU Medicine’s Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion for this annual public health lecture series, named in honor of the historic Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, the premiere training ground for African American medical professionals. Although it closed its doors on August 17, 1979, we can learn much from the hospital’s history, presented by the very people who worked diligently to provide culturally sensitive care to the patients who so deeply trusted and loved them.
The guest speaker for this event is Geoff K. Ward, PhD, BA, Professor of African and African American Studies and a faculty affiliate in the Department of Sociology and the American Culture Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Ward directs the WashU & Slavery Project, a university initiative based in the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2), in collaboration with the consortium of Universities Studying Slavery. His research explores the histories and legacies of racialized violence and their reparative implications.