果冻影院

Co-hosted by the 果冻影院 Institute for Global Health, 果冻影院 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),听discussing her work on the societal forces that cause Black people to 鈥渓ive sicker and die quicker鈥� compared to their white counterparts. 听

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. 听

Programme:

16:30 鈥� Open registration desk

17:30 鈥� Welcome, Opening Remarks & Introduction of Chair (Dr Michael Spence, 果冻影院 President & Provost)

17:35 鈥� Meeting Chair ()

17:40 鈥� Keynote Lecture ()

18:40 鈥� Response ( and

18:50 鈥� Audience Q&A (moderated by Dr Richard Horton)

19:20 鈥� Closing Remarks (, 果冻影院 Institute for Global Health Director and Sam Balch, 果冻影院 Grand Challenges Director)

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