Kate Pickett

Kate Pickett
Kate Pickett in 2012
Born1965
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Cornell University
University of California, Berkeley
Known forCommissioner for the York Fairness Commission
AwardsSilver Rose Award, Solidar
Charles Cully Memorial Medal, Irish Cancer Society
Scientific career
FieldsEpidemiology
InstitutionsUniversity of York

Kate Elizabeth Pickett OBE FFPH FAcSS FRSA (born 1965[1]) is a British epidemiologist and political activist who is Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York, and was a National Institute for Health and Care Research Career Scientist from 2007 to 2012. She co-authored (with Richard G. Wilkinson) The Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better and is a co-founder of The Equality Trust. Pickett was awarded a 2013 Silver Rose Award from Solidar for championing equality and the 2014 Charles Cully Memorial Medal by the Irish Cancer Society.

  1. ^ "Pickett, Kate". Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 March 2015. data sheet (b. 1965)