Movie Night: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Doors open at 5:00 p.m.

This event is offered free of charge, but registration is required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-hela-film-screening-bioethics-discussion-tickets-37669087254

Join us for a discussion on informed consent, bioethics, race and class in research with:

Pearl O’Rourke, MD
Director of Human Research Affairs at Partners HealthCare Systems and Associate Professor of Pediatrics, HMS

Rebecca Li, PhD
Executive Director, VIVLI and Instructor in HMS Division of Global Health Equity, Dept. of Medicine, BWH

Discussion followed by a screening of the HBO film:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks is known as HeLa in the scientific world. Her cells, grown in culture and still alive today, became one of the most important tools in modern medicine.

Based on the book by Rebecca Skloot