Frank Billings Auditorium, P-117
Entrance through Goldblatt Pavilion lobby (860 E. 59th St.)
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This in-person event will be available via livestream. Watch →

Sir Michael Marmot—a preeminent epidemiologist at University College London, renowned for his work exposing the social determinants of health—leads this event that introduces a new series from The Lancet, produced by the Case of the Human research project at the Neubauer Collegium. The "Cases in Global Social Medicine" series centers real clinical cases from around the world that together form a practical social medicine toolkit. Each case traces a clinical course shaped by social forces, introduces a social theory concept to make sense of those forces, and distills actionable implications for clinicians, public health practitioners, health system leaders, and policymakers.

Designed for scholars and practitioners of medicine, public health, the social sciences, and related fields, the event emphasizes how social analysis can sharpen diagnosis, guide care delivery, and inform structural intervention across clinical settings. The program includes a presentation of cases from Japan and Peru, a keynote by Sir Marmot, and an audience Q&A.

Panelists

Michele Heisler (University of Michigan)
Junko Kitanaka (Keio University)
Mirko Pasquini (University of Gothenburg)
Mayssa Rekhis (Independent Scholar)
Scott Stonington (University of Michigan)