Michael Marmot

Sir Michael Marmot
Marmot at 2024 Nobel Week
Born
Michael Gideon Marmot

(1945-01-26) 26 January 1945
London, England
Alma mater
Known for
SpouseAlexandra Naomi Ferster
Awards
Scientific career
Institutions
Patrons
  • Medsin
  • World Social Science Forum 2015
  • Healthworks
  • CCDE Co-patron
ThesisAcculturation 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. 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.

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.