Wisconsin Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center | Mind Readers Book Club: “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”

Moderator:
Dr. Willie D. Larkin, director for strategic partnerships, Madison Metropolitan School District, past president of Grambling State University in Louisiana

Panelists:
Dr. Jo Handelsman, director, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at UW–Madison
Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, professor emerita, UW–Madison Department of Curriculum & Instruction, board president for the Urban League of Greater Madison
Kaleem Caire, CEO, One City Schools, past president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Madison
Mariama Bester, production associate II, Exact Sciences, and UW–Madison graduate with a in B.S. in neurobiology and sociology
Robin Robinson, president, Wisconsin Black Student Union at UW–Madison

About the book: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, a poor Black tobacco farmer whose cells — taken without her knowledge in 1951 — became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization and more. Henrietta’s cells have been bought and sold by the billions, yet she remains virtually unknown.

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Check out books, eBooks and audiobooks of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks from Wisconsin’s Digital Library and the South Central Library system. Learn more at: adrc.wisc.edu/bookclub

Register for this free event: go.wisc.edu/yig07z