Michael Marmot

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Professor Sir Michael Marmot CH FRCP FFPM FMedSci FBA
Marmot at the 2010 conference of the NHS Confederation
Born	Michael Gideon Marmot (1945-01-26) 26 January 1945 (age 79)[1] London, England
Alma mater	University of Sydney (MBBS) University of California, Berkeley (PhD)
Known for	Fair Society, Health Lives ("The Marmot Review")[2] Social determinants of health Health equity Whitehall Studies[3]
Spouse	Alexandra Naomi Ferster[1]
Awards	Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (2022) Knight Bachelor (2000) FFPH FBA FMedSci FRCP
Scientific career
Institutions	University College, London UCL Institute of Health Equity, London
Patrons	Medsin World Social Science Forum 2015 Healthworks CCDE Co-patron
Thesis	Acculturation and Coronary Heart Disease in Japanese-Americans (1975)

Sir Michael Gideon Marmot (born 26 February 1945) is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London. He is currently the Director of The UCL Institute of Health Equity.^[4] Marmot has led research groups on health inequalities for over thirty years, working for various international and governmental bodies. In 2023, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.^[5]

He has won several awards including 2012 Lifetime Award Fellowship Eur Academy of Occupational Health Psychology, 2012 Patron of Medsin-UK, 2010 Manchester Doubleday Award, and 2004 Alwyn Smith Prize Medal.