Celebrate the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 35th Annual Health Science MLK Lecture

The 35th Annual Health Science MLK Lecture is being hosted by the School of Medicine / Michigan Medicine.
This year’s focus is the exploration of interdisciplinary approaches to achieve health equity. Dr. David R. Williams, Florence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health; Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology at Harvard University will serve as our keynote speaker. 

The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion on Interdisciplinary Approaches to Achieving Health Equity, moderated by David J. Brown, MD, Associate Vice President and Associate Dean for Health Equity and Inclusion at Michigan Medicine. 

Panelists include:
o David R. Williams, PhD, Harvard University
o Alfreda Rooks, MPH, Director of Community Health Services, Michigan
Medicine
o Celeste M. Watkins-Hayes, PhD, Dean, U-M Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
o F. DuBois Bowman, PhD, Dean, U-M School of Public Health
o Olayinka Shiyanbola, PhD, Jr. Professor, U-M College of Pharmacy

Faculty Expert

Celeste M. Watkins-Hayes

Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy; Jean E. Fairfax Collegiate Professor of Public Policy; University Diversity and Social Transformation Professor; Professor of Sociology

Watkins-Hayes is an internationally-recognized scholar and expert widely credited for her research at the intersection of inequality, public policy, and human service institutions, with a special focus on HIV/AIDS; poverty; and race, class, and gender studies. Dr. Watkins-Hayes has published three books, numerous articles in journals and edited volumes, and pieces in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Chicago Magazine.

• Celeste Watkins-Hayes
• David R. Williams
• Alfreda Rooks
• F. DuBois Bowman
• Olayinka Shiyanbola
• David J. Brown
• health equity
• health policy
• MLK Day
• MLK Health Sciences Lecture
• Poverty and social policy