UCL INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SOCIETY & HEALTH
2008 IISH 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
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People from certain ethnic minority groups living in the UK are at increased risk of disease
and death compared with the majority population, but the reasons 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: iish@ucl.ac.uk 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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UCL International Institute for Society and Health
University College London Gower Street London WC1E 7HB
Tel: +44 (0)20 7679 1708 Fax: +44 (0)20 7813 0242
iish@ucl.ac.uk
www.ucl.ac.uk/iish