“The Tuskegee Syphilis Study”

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research, undergraduate

Interesting research-based discussions? Join us on Thursday, October 26, 2017 at 4 p.m. in Lecture Hall 1 for a lecture featuring Peter J. Buxtun who will speak on his experience with the U.S. Public Health Service.

Buxton is is a former employee of the United States Public Health Service who became known as the whistle-blower responsible for ending the Tuskegee syphilis experiment (an infamous clinical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S. Public Health Service. The purpose of this study was to observe the natural progression of untreated syphilis in rural African-American men in Alabama under the guise of receiving free health care from the United States government).

Eminent Speaker Peter J. Buxtun

“The Tuskegee Syphilis Study”

Thursday, October 26, 2017 4-5 p.m. Lecture Hall 1

Host: Javier Rivera Guzman, Ph.D.

Visitors Welcome

For information call: 410-455-2261

(Photo Credit: National Archives)