Mark Lambert

Mark Lambert is Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine, Medical Humanities, and Bioethics at Des Moines University.
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A Young Black Scientist Discovered A Pivotal Leprosy Treatment But Is Only Now Getting Proper Recognition Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons

A Young Black Scientist Discovered A Pivotal Leprosy Treatment But Is Only Now Getting Proper Recognition

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An older colleague took the credit for the discovery after the untimely early death of Alice Ball in 1916.

Father Damien Dedicated His Life To A Leprosy Colony — And Inspired HIV/AIDS Care Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2015

Father Damien Dedicated His Life To A Leprosy Colony — And Inspired HIV/AIDS Care

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The Catholic saint embraced those the rest of society had rejected, joining them and even dying for them, and he also represented people at the margins.