Lecture: Bioethics and Black History: The Legacy of the Tuskegee Report

The Tuskegee Report—developed by Tuskegee University’s National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care in collaboration with Vanderbilt University—seeks to redefine bioethics at the intersection of research with human subjects, clinical trials, medicine, and public health by centering the voices, experiences, histories, and cultural identities of populations disproportionately impacted by unethical research practices and unequal care.

This Black History Month conversation, hosted by Harvard Medical School’s Center for Bioethics, will feature David Augustin Hodge, Sr. and T.S. Harvey. Together, they will explore how the perspectives of BIPOC populations—rooted in resilience, memory, and lived experience—must be foundational in shaping the next generation of ethical frameworks for research, medicine, and public health.