Bill worked to end the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male, managed the health benefits program for survivors of the study, helped to obtain the Presidential Apology for the study, and produced the documentary video Voices of the Tuskegee Study
The Dr. William (Bill) Jenkins Health Equity Lecture honors Bill Jenkins PhD, MPH, MS (1945 – 2019) and recognizes his outstanding legacy of innovative public health action, dedication to the elimination of health disparities, and efforts to promote the highest ethical standards in public health practice during his CDC tenure and in academia.