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The latest health of the public related events from across UCL.
UCL-Lancet Lecture 2024: Professor Linda Villarosa
30 April 2024 | 17:30-19:30 | Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way, UCL
The UCL-Lancet Lecture is a prestigious annual global health event open to the public, co-hosted by the UCL Institute for Global Health, UCL Grand Challenges and The Lancet. Professor Linda Villarosa's lecture will discuss her work on the societal forces that cause Black people to “live sicker and die quicker” compared to their white counterparts. Villarosa will connect the ways in which Black lives are far too often shaped by illness and suffering related to a range of factors: medical ignorance and discrimination, environmental racism and government neglect.
Art beyond data: capitalising on opportunities for advocacy and activism
2 May 2024 | 10:00-12:00 | Room C3.15, UCL Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way
Arts-based research allows the generation of amazing insights, but in many instances, its life beyond research is less explored. In this session, our speaker and chair will reflect on this critical ‘next step’ in creative health research, exploring how the art itself is a product that can be used to promote further discussion, debate and potential advocacy/activism.
Intersectionality in Inclusion Health: Why Does Gender Matter?
8 May 2024 | 12:00-13:00 | Online
Join this event on 8 May to explore the issue of intersectionality and gendered approaches to Inclusion Health research and services.
UCL Grand Challenge of Human Wellbeing Celebratory Reception
15 May 2024 | 16:00-19:00 | UCL North Cloisters, Main Building
Join this event to celebrate the Grand Challenge of Human Wellbeing. Sign up to meet like-minded individuals, hear from experts in the field, and be part of a movement towards a healthier and happier society.
Nostalgia: A History of a Dangerous Emotion - In discussion with Agnes Arnold-Foster
15 May 2024 | 18:00 - 19:30 | UCL IAS Common Ground, South Wing, Gower Street
Join UCL European Institute, the IAS and Grand Challenges, for an interdisciplinary discussion of nostalgia, drawing on a new book by Agnes Arnold-Foster.
dPHE 6th Anniversary Workshop: Vector-borne Diseases - the Digital One Health approach
15 May 2024 | 15:00 - 21:00 | Denys Holland Lecture Theatre, Bentham House, UCL
At this year's interdisciplinary workshop, the MEWAR project (2019-2024), will be the focus. Its results will be presented by the MEWAR project team from Brazil, Turkey and Madeira, and the team will be joined by UCL researchers, and external international stakeholders to discuss the challenges and opportunities for combating vector- borne disease through Digital One Health.
Shaping the UCL Grand Challenge of Climate Crisis
22 May 2024 | 13:30-17:30 | Wellcome Collection, 183 Euston Road, London
This event is an opportunity to hear from UCL experts, exchange ideas, and shape the new Grand Challenge of Climate Crisis.
UCL Sociology Network Annual Lecture 2024
6 June 2024 | 18:00-19:30 | G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Roberts Building, UCL, Malet Street, London, WC1E 7JE
How Can Sociology Engage with the Major Challenges of our Time? As wars rage and the climate crisis looms, what can sociology offer? In this event, four eminent sociologists will tackle this question, drawing on their expertise and experience to consider how our discipline can be relevant in times of crisis.
