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SUMMARY:Bradford Hill Seminar – The politics of epidemiology and public 
 health in the UK - Professor Danny Dorling - Professor Danny Dorling\, Uni
 versity of Oxford
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CONTACT:Paul Browne
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the hybrid Bradford Hill Seminar 'The polit
 ics of epidemiology and public health in the UK' with Professor Danny Dorl
 ing of the University of Oxford.\n\nAttend in person or register to attend
  online at  https://mrc-epid.zoom.us/meeting/register/Xt6c2C_hR7a2xOFqlKb5
 Dg\n\nWe like to present epidemiology as politically neutral\, and public 
 health as the science of supporting the health of the population as a whol
 e. This is not necessarily so.\n\nThere are always choices to be made. Dif
 ferent academic disciplines have implicit biases and underlying beliefs\, 
 which can change over time and differ greatly between contexts. Some of th
 e most obvious examples are between people who prefer individualistic expl
 anations and those who see this as victim blaming.\n\nA lack of attention 
 to certain topics is another form of political bias. Why\, for instance\, 
 are we in the UK not more concerned about how many people choose and can a
 fford to use private health care and dentistry? Why are we not talking abo
 ut how life expectancy fell in the UK after 2014? And\, to what extent is 
 our epidemiology and public health in the UK in the 2020s a reflection of 
 UK politics?\n\nAbout Professor Dorling: \nDanny Dorling works at the Univ
 ersity of Oxford. His most recent three books are: “Seven Children”\, 
 "Peak Injustice”\, and “The Next Crisis”. He works with road crash c
 harity RoadPeace\, Heeley City Farm in Sheffield\, and the educational cam
 paign group Comprehensive Future.
LOCATION:Large Seminar Room\, East Forvie Building\, Forvie Site Robinson 
 Way Cambridge CB2 0SR.
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