In 1972, the longest clinical trial in U.S. medical research history abruptly ended. Known to many as the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, this experiment has been studied by ethicists around the world. It has presented challenges in how to conduct ethical research without harming human subjects. Chronicling the Tuskegee Syphilis Study is a book that provides essays, commentaries, academic writings, and other documented works in order to give multiple insights and solutions to resolving dilemmas related to unethical clinical trials such as Tuskegee. It gives a perspective of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study from the unique vantage point of two brothers born in the hospital where the experiments took place. Join us as we share the story of Tuskegee with you.
About the Author:
Obiora N. Anekwe was born in Alabama on the campus of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in the John A. Andrew Memorial Hospital. Reared in Lagos, Nigeria, he attended the University of Lagos Staff School as a child.
He is a graduate of Clark Atlanta University (BA, mass media arts), Tuskegee University (MEd, counseling and student development), and Auburn University (EdD, educational leadership). Obiora is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Bioethics at Columbia University in New York City.
As an emerging educational bioethicist, Obiora has received additional training in bioethics, health care, and clinical ethics from the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University, Union Graduate College, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He is a member of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities and the New York Academy of Sciences.
Ejinkonye C. Anekwe was born on August 9, 1972 at John Andrew Hospital on the campus of Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University). After graduating high school, Ejinkonye attended Clark Atlanta University on a scholarship sponsored by the United States Federal Government. In 1994, he graduated with a BS in biology, also graduating with distinction from the University's honors program. In 1996, Ejinkonye was awarded a fellowship to study cytogenetics at Tuskegee University, where he conducted research on amphibian chromosomes.
From 2001 to 2002, Ejinkonye worked on his master's degree in public administration at Columbus State University in Georgia. His master's thesis, "Survey Attitudes toward Stem Cell Research," dealt with public attitudes regarding stem cell research policies. In 2012, he graduated from Nova Southeastern University with a PhD in humanities and social sciences, specializing in conflict analysis and resolution.
