The Einstein Center Population Diversity invites you to the second distinguished lecture with Emeritus Professor Raj Phopal. This free event is a unique chance to engage in conversation with one of the leading experts on health and migration at a special location.
Date: April 3, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Location: Hörsaal Ruine at Berlin Medizinhistorisches Museum
Light lunch will be served
(Free event)
This event is relevant for all scholars and students interested in the intersection of health and inequalities, for public health professionals and policy enthusiasts critical about measuring health outcomes for migrants and for anyone curious to learn more about the power of a variable.
The benefits and harms of ethnic group classification in multicultural societies: epidemiological, public health and social perspectives
Using examples from a number of countries, including the UK and Germany, Raj Bhopal will analyse the potential harms and benefits of the variables race and ethnicity in collecting data on individuals in large populations for both scientific and public health analysis and individual clinical care. In doing so, he will use examples of diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cancers. He will also show how there can be adverse public and media attention when inequalities are demonstrated and services are adapted to meet the needs of populations that might be seen as minorities. In concluding, he will show the way forward, including the close involvement of the people to be categorised and the sensitivity required to publish and utilise data.
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