Penn Dental Medicine | Evans Lower Concourse Classroom 19 A& B
240 S. 40th Street, Philadelphia, PA
ABOUT THE LECTURE
The Phoebe S. Leboy Lecture is awarded annually to an outstanding scholar who catalyzes opportunities for women in academia; the lectureship was created in 2013 by the Penn Forum for Women Faculty.
Join us for the Annual Phoebe S. Leboy Lecture featuring Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD.
Dr. Gamble, is the first woman and first African American to hold the prestigious, endowed faculty position of University Professor of Medical Humanities at the George Washington University. At George Washington, she is also Professor of Health Policy and American Studies and Professor of Medicine. In addition, she is an Adjunct Professor of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. Throughout her career, Dr. Gamble has worked to promote equity and justice in American medicine and public health. A physician, scholar, and activist, she is an internationally recognized expert on the history of race and racism in American medicine, health equity, and bioethics. A fourth-generation native of West Philadelphia, Dr. Gamble received her MD, PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. In this lecture, Dr. Gamble, a physician and medical historian, will discuss her professional and personal quest to remove African American women physicians from history’s shadows.
The lecture will be followed by a light reception in the Lerner Pavilion.