2008 Theme: Social Determinants of Health

Keynote Speaker:

"The Origins of Life Course Epidemiology: Using Life Course Studies to Understand How the Social Environment Affects Lifelong Health and Ageing"

Dr. Diana Kuh, Director of the Medical Research Council Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing and of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development

John C. Cassel Memorial Lecture:

"Race, Racism and Health: Patterns, Paradoxes, and Needed Research"

Dr. David Williams, Norman Professor of Public Health at Harvard University