"When he arrived at UC Berkeley in the early 1970s, Michael Marmot was a young doctor, eager to understand how people’s living conditions influenced their health.

As he worked on his PhD at the School of Public Health, he became fixated on the notion that improving social determinants of health would be the key to solving global health problems. In 1978, his landmark Whitehall study showed how social status, rather than simply poverty, influenced health."

To read the full conversation on the UC Berkeley, Public Health website, follow the link below:

https://publichealth.berkeley.edu/articles/spotlight/alumni/a-conversation-with-michael-marmot