Kate Pickett OBE FRSA FFPH FAcSS is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York and director of the Born in Bradford Centre for Social Change. She is also academic co-director of Health Equity North. A social epidemiologist, Kate’s research and writing focus on the wider determinants of health and inequalities in wellbeing. Kate is co-author, with Richard Wilkinson, of the bestselling and award winning The Spirit Level (2009) and The Inner Level (2018). Her latest book, The Good Society, is published by Bodley Head in 2026.
