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Social justice and health equity

Hosted by LSE Health

In-person and online public event (Old Theatre, Old Building)

Speaker

Professor Sir Michael Marmot

Professor Sir Michael Marmot

Chair

Professor Larry Kramer

Professor Larry Kramer

In LSE Health's Annual Lecture, Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology at University College London and Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, argues that the need to reduce inequalities in health is a matter of social justice.

In developing strategies for tackling health inequalities we need to confront the social gradient in health not just the difference between the worst off and everybody else. There is clear evidence when we look across countries that national policies make a difference and that much can be done in cities, towns and local areas. But policies and interventions must not be confined to the health care system; they need to address the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. The evidence shows that economic circumstances are important but are not the only drivers of health inequalities. Tackling the health gap will take action, based on sound evidence, across the whole of society.

Meet our speaker and chair

Michael Marmot (@MichaelMarmot) is Professor of Epidemiology at UCL and Director of the Institute of Health Equity. An esteemed public health expert, he has worked with the WHO as Advisor to the Director-General on social determinants of health, served as President of the BMA and WMA, and was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution. In 2000, he was knighted for services to public health, and in 2023, was appointed a Companion of Honour in the King’s New Years honours.

Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar, university administrator, and philanthropic leader, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School.

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