What is Michael Marmot?
[[Image:Michael Marmot.jpg|thumb|Marmot in 2010]] '''Sir Michael Gideon Marmot''' [[Order of the Companions of Honour|CH]] FRCP FFPM FMedSci FBA (born 26 February 1945) is Professor of [[Epidemiology]] and [[Public health|Public Health]] at [[University College London]]. He is the Director of The UCL Institute of Health Equity. Marmot has led research groups on [[Health inequality|health inequalities]] for over thirty years, working for various international and governmental bodies. In 1995, he was elected to the [[Academia Europaea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Marmot_Michael |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328104806/https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Marmot_Michael |title=Michael Marmot |publisher=Academia Europaea |archive-date=28 March 2019}}</ref> In 2023, he was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]]. He was the President of the [[British Medical Association]] June 2010 to June 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New President for the BMA: Sir Michael Marmot|url=https://www.nationalhealthexecutive.com/Last-Word/New-President-for-the-BMA-Sir-Michael-Marmot/25108|access-date=2024-01-13|website=www.nationalhealthexecutive.com}}</ref> Marmot has advised the [[World Health Organization|WHO]]. He was chair of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health , which was set up by the World Health Organization 2005, and in August 2008 he produced for the commission a report called ''Closing the Gap in a Generation''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Campbell|first=Denis|last2=|first2=|date=2017-07-17|title=Rise in life expectancy has stalled since 2010, research shows|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/jul/18/rise-in-life-expectancy-has-stalled-since-2010-research-shows|access-date=2024-01-13|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> == Books == * {{cite book|last1=Marmot|first1=Michael|title=The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World|journal=Lancet|url=http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-health-gap-9781408857991|publisher=Bloomsbury|year=2015|volume=386|is