Celebrating Women's Month at VTCSOM: Spotlight Henrietta Lacks

The Henrietta Lacks Legacy

On Oct. 4, 2023 - Henrietta Lacks Day in Virginia - the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC dedicated a stature of Lacks in the atrium of 4 Riverside Circle on Virginia Tech's Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, Virginia.

Henrietta Lacks Statues Unveiled Where Her Legacy Thrives

The Roanoke Times - Statue of Henrietta Lacks dedicated in downtown Roanoke

The New York Times - A Statue of Henrietta Lacks Will Replace a Monument to Robert E. Lee