Recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthdate has been a tradition at the University of Iowa since 1969, and the national holiday has been observed through human rights programs since its inception in 1986.
UI Health Care Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Week Distinguished Lecture
Feranmi Okanlami, MD, MS, director of student accessibility and accommodation services at the University of Michigan, delivered the Dr. MLK Distinguished Lecture as part of our 2022 celebration: “Disabusing Disabilities.”
Previous UI Health Care Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Human Rights Week Distinguished Lectures can be found here.
Additional 2022 Human Rights Week Lectures
“Racial Perspectives on the Institution of Medicine” from Director and Chair of Emergency Medicine Jenice Baker, MD, from Chestnut Hill Hospital in Philadelphia
Student Lecture for Human Rights Week - "Human Trafficking and Healthcare: Our Role Beyond the Clinic and Hospital Walls " from Kimberly Chang, MD, MPH, Director of Human Trafficking and Healthcare Policy at Asian Health Services (AHS), Oakland, California
The full list of the 2022 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration of Human Rights Week events can be found here: