Bending the Arc to Health Equity: Social Justice and the
People’s Health
Dr. Nancy Krieger
Monday, April 13th, 2015
4:00-6:00 PM
UC 179
Reception to follow in UC 183
15 King’s College Circle
Register Online:
http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/18131/
Nancy Krieger will be presenting a public lecture as part of a two day series on the social determinants of health
at the University. Dr. Krieger is Professor of Social Epidemiology in the Department of Social and Behavioural
Sciences at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) and Director of the HSPH Interdisciplinary
Concentration on Women, Gender, and Health. She received her PhD in Epidemiology from the University of
California at Berkeley in 1989. Dr. Krieger is an internationally recognized social epidemiologist, with a
background in biochemistry, philosophy of science, and the history of public health, combined with over 30
years of activism linking issues involving social justice, science, and health. Informed by an analysis of the
history and politics of epidemiology and public health, Dr. Krieger’s work addresses three topics: (1) conceptual
frameworks to understand, analyze, and improve the people’s health, including the eco-social theory of disease
distribution she has been developing since 1994 and its focus on embodiment and equity; (2) etiologic research
on societal determinants of population health and health inequities; and (3) methodologic research on
improving monitoring of health inequities.
More information on the other event in this series can be found here:
http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/cphs/event/interdisciplinary-perspectives-on-the-social-determinants-of-health/
Co-sponsored by:
Dean’s Office and Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences