UCL Health and Society Summer School: Social Determinants of Health

The UCL Health and Society summer school: Social Determinants of Health will be held online from Monday 5th July 2021 - Friday 9th July 2021.

The summer school is organised by the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. It provides an in-depth assessment of the social determinants of health from a global research, policy and governance perspective. Participants will have numerous opportunities for discussion over the one week course.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot will open the summer school with a presentation on the social determinants of health and close the week with a discussion on national and international policy development.

Topics covered

Social determinants of health
Social stratification
Social-biological translation
Early child development
Work and health
Life course epidemiology
Gender and health
Mental health

Oral health
Disability, inequality and human rights
Russian mortality
Tackling health inequalities
Public health, health inequalities and ethics
Social determinants, health inequalities and policy development
Global governance and health policy