2025 Mary C. Parker Yates Lecture: Dr. Mona Hanna
Associate Dean for Public Health and C. S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
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The Murphy Institute is thrilled to announce Dr. Mona Hanna as the featured speaker for the 2025 Mary C. Parker Yates Lecture on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 4:00 PM on Tulane’s Uptown Campus.
Mona Hanna is the Associate Dean for Public Health and C. S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. She is the founding director of the Pediatric Public Health Initiative, an innovative partnership of MSU and Hurley Children's Hospital in Flint, Michigan.
A pediatrician, scientist, activist, and author, Dr. Mona was named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World and recognized as one of USA Today's Women of the Century for her role in uncovering the Flint water crisis and leading recovery efforts. She is reimaging how society can come together to eliminate infant poverty with a first-in-the-nation program, Rx Kids.
She has testified multiple times before the United States Congress, lectures at dozens of colleges and universities, and frequently contributes to national media outlets championing the cause of children in Flint and beyond. Dr. Hanna is the author of the widely acclaimed and New York Times 100 most notable book, What the Eyes Don't See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City. For more information on Mona Hanna, please visit www.prhspeakers.com.
The Mary C. Parker Yates Lecture, endowed in 1996 by Murphy Institute alumna Rebecca Yates ('89) Velander in memory of her mother, is The Murphy Institute’s premier public academic event. Created to foster university-wide discussion on contemporary issues, the annual Yates Lecture brings leading thinkers and public figures to Tulane's campus. It is free and open to all members of the Tulane community and the general public.
