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MyAV·¶-Lancet Lecture 2024: Professor Linda Villarosa
30 April 2024, 5:30 pm–7:30 pm
MyAV·¶ Grand Challenges, MyAV·¶ Institute for Global Health and The Lancet are hosting The MyAV·¶- Lancet Lecture on 30 April. The event will feature a lecture from Professor Linda Villarosa: Under the Skin: Understanding the Toll of Race and Inequality on the Health of People.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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MyAV·¶ Grand Challenges
Location
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Logan Hall20 Bedford WayLondonWC1H 0ALUnited Kingdom
Co-hosted by the MyAV·¶ Institute for Global Health, MyAV·¶ Grand Challenges and The Lancet, this exciting event will see author, educator and journalist Professor Linda Villarosa (Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University),Ěýdiscussing her work on the societal forces that cause Black people to “live sicker and die quicker” compared to their white counterparts. Ěý
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. Ěý
Programme:
16:30 – Open registration desk
17:30 – Welcome, Opening Remarks & Introduction of Chair (Dr Michael Spence, MyAV·¶ President & Provost)
17:35 – Meeting Chair ()
17:40 – Keynote Lecture ()
18:40 – Response ( and
18:50 – Audience Q&A (moderated by Dr Richard Horton)
19:20 – Closing Remarks (, MyAV·¶ Institute for Global Health Director and Sam Balch, MyAV·¶ Grand Challenges Director)
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About the Speaker
Professor Linda Villarosa
at Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University