UCL International Institute for Society and Health
2008 PUBLIC SEMINAR SERIES
You are invited to attend on:
18 March 2008, Tuesday 5pm – 6pm
Born black, brown or white in today's Britain: Does it really matter?
Dr Yvonne Kelly
UCL Epidemiology & Public Health
Abstract
People from certain ethnic minority groups living in the UK are at increased
risk of disease and death compared with the majority population, but
thereasons for these patterns are not known. It is also not clear at what
point during life such differences begin to appear - could this be as early
as childhood or even infancy? This lecture looks at the origins of ethnic
differences in health - are they genetic, cultural, or socio-environmental?
Yvonne Kelly is a Senior Lecturer and Graduate Tutor in UCL Epidemiology and
Public Health. Her main research interests are on understanding the causes
and consequences of health inequalities and a primary focus of her work is
socio- economic and ethnic inequalities in child and parent health.
This seminar will be held at UCL, it is free, but space is limited (75
SEATS). NO NEED TO RSVP . Arrive promptly to secure a seat. Please contact
us if you have any special needs. The seminar will be held at UCL in the
Basement Lecture Theatre
1 – 19 Torrington Place
London WC1E 7HB
Entrance opposite Planet Organic
Nearest Underground station Goodge St.
Email: [log in to unmask] Refreshments at 6pm after the seminar.
You may access some audio recording of past seminars at:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/iish/seminars.htm
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