EAST LANSING, Mich. ― Susan Reverby, the Wellesley College professor whose recent research uncovered a U.S. government medical study conducted in Guatemala in which men and women were given syphilis without their knowledge, will speak at Michigan State University April 5.
As part of the World View Lecture Series, Reverby will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the MSU Wharton Center’s Pasant Theatre. Tickets are $20 for the public. MSU faculty, staff and students are admitted free, but need to pick up tickets in advance or at the door.
Reverby’s exposé of the Guatemala research, which took place between 1946-1948, led to a U.S. government response from the secretaries of the Departments of State and Health and Human Services and an apology from President Obama to the president of Guatemala.
Reverby has written numerous articles and two books that examine the history of what is referred to as the Tuskegee syphilis study, the longest running non-therapeutic U.S. research study that involved the United States Public Health Service and more than 600 African American men in the counties surrounding Tuskegee, Ala.
Her most recent book titled “Examining Tuskegee: The Infamous Syphilis Study and its Legacy,” was published in 2009.
The World View Lecture Series is made possible in part by the MSU Office of the President. This event is supported by the Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences; College of Human Medicine; College of Osteopathic Medicine; College of Nursing; College of Social Science; College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; International Studies and Programs; Lyman Briggs College; and MSU Graduate School. Additional support was provided by the Center for Gender in Global Context; Department of History; Human Research Protection Programs; and International Neurologic and Psychiatric Epidemiology Program.
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