March 27, 2023, 5:00 p.m. Elevating the Stories of Black Women: Dr. Virginia Alexander Lexington Public Library

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On March 27, CHET hosted Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD, an internationally recognized expert on the history of American medicine, racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care, public health ethics, and bioethics. As part of her visit, she participated in a discussion with Nikki Brown, PhD, Associate Professor of American and African American History in the College of Arts and Sciences entitled 鈥淓levating the Stories of Black Women: Dr. Virginia Alexander.鈥 This event, which was held at the Lexington Public Library, was part of the 2022-2023 University of Kentucky CHET Elevating Equity Speaker Series, co-sponsored by Anthem BlueCross and BlueShield Medicaid, with additional support from the Gaines Center for the Humanities and the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies.

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Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble

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