Nominations are currently being accepted for the 2021 Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award through October 11, 2021.

The Henrietta Lacks Memorial Award was established in honor of former Turner Station resident and Johns Hopkins cancer patient Henrietta Lacks, whose cells helped make possible ground-breaking advances in medical research. The Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute (UHI) offers this $15,000 award to community-based programs working in partnership with Johns Hopkins faculty, students, or staff to highlight the importance of community-university collaborations, recognize the accomplishments which can be achieved by such partnerships, and continue to support the efforts of the partnership.

The monetary gift and award will be presented to the primary community partner in the collaboration during the annual Henrietta Lacks Celebration hosted virtually via Zoom by the Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research in November 2021.

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