As part of The Faculty of Public Health opening of it's new 'Distinguished Lecture Series: Conversations on the Future of Public Health', Professor Camara Jones will speak on 'A public health approach to tackling racism and structural discrimination - from rhetoric to impact'.

Professor Jones work focuses on naming, measuring, and addressing the impacts of racism on health and well-being around the world. Her allegories on 'race' and racism illuminate topics that are otherwise difficult for many people to understand or discuss: that racism exists, racism is a system, racism saps the strength of the whole society, and we can act to dismantle racism.

Professor Jones will join the Faculty of Public Health President, Professor Kevin Fenton, and senior public health leaders from the four nations of the UK to discuss this critical public health issue.

The Faculty of Public Health' Distinguished Lecture Series: Conversations on the Future of Public Health', will involve talks by senior national and global leaders discussing the future of public health.

This event is online.

Speaker

Professor Camara Phyllis Jones

Camara Phyllis Jones, MD, MPH, PhD is a family physician, epidemiologist and Past President of the American Public Health Association, whose work focuses on naming, measuring and addressing the impacts of racism on the health and wellbeing of the United States and the world.

She is celebrated for her allegories on “race” and racism, teaching stories which illuminate topics that are otherwise difficult for many people to understand or discuss.

She is currently a Leverhulme Visiting Professor in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at King's College London, spending the 2022-2023 academic year focused on building research capacity in anti-racism and health.