| | Trained in biological anthropology at Cambridge, nutritional sciences at Cornell and epidemiology at UC-Berkeley. Kate Pickett is Professor of Epidemiology in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York. Her research focuses on the social determinants of health, particularly the influences of such factors as income inequality, social class, neighborhood context and ethnic density on such varied outcomes as mortality and morbidity, teenage birth, violent crime, obesity, social mobility and health-related behaviours. |
| | She is co-author, with Richard Wilkinson, of The Spirit Level, chosen as one of the Top Ten Books of the Decade by the New Statesman and winner of the 2010 Bristol Festival of Ideas Book Prize. The Spirit Level has sold more than 100,000 copies in the UK and is available in 18 foreign editions. Kate is also a founder and non-executive director of The Equality Trust. |
| 1992-1998 | Workshops, Discussions, Educational Measures and Organisation of Various Events in the Field of Children's and Youth Participation and Children's Rights |
| 1998-2005 | Master in International Business, Vienna University for Economics and Business Administration, Vienna |
| 2000-2002 | Head of International Affairs, Austrian Students Union, Vienna University for Economics and Business Administration, Vienna |
| Lectures during the Orientation Week of the Vienna University for Economics and Business Administration, Vienna |
| 2002-2004 | Head of International Relations Management and Chief Financial Officer, Uniforce Junior Enterprise, Vienna |
| 2005-2006 | Project Consultant, Organizational Development, Medical University Hanover |
| 2006 | Trainee Market-Oriented Agricultural Program, FTZ - German Technical Cooperation, Ghana |
| 2006-2010 | Doctoral Programme in Economics, Vienna University for Economics and Business Administration, Vienna |
| 2006-2007 | Consultant, Focus Management (Business Consulting) |
| 2007-2010 | PhD Project and Thesis, Title: 'The Cause for Action? Decision Making and Priority Setting in Integrated Care. A Multidisciplinary Approach' |
| Research Assistant, Institute of Social Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University Vienna |
| since 2008 | Lecturer and Programme Developer for the 'Health Care and Social Services' Summer School of the Vienna School for Clinical Research at the European Forum Alpbach |
| 2008-2013 | Lecturer for the Master Programme "Medical Informatics", in the Major "Public Health", Medical University Vienna |
| Regular participation in research projects of the London School for Economics on behalf of the Main Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions |
| Lecturer at the Children's University Vienna, organized by the City of Vienna |
| 2010-2015 | Research Assistant, PostDoc, Institute of Social Medicine, Center for Public Health, Medical University Vienna |
| since 2010 | Course Director of the 'Health Care and Social Services' Summer School of the Vienna School for Clinical Research at the European Forum Alpbach |
| since 2013 | Coordinator for the Regional Action Framework for Coordinated/Integrated Health Service Delivery Systems, WHO Europe |
| since 2017 | Senior Fellow and Head, Integrated Care Academy, IFIC - International Foundation for Integrated Care, Oxford |
| 1996 | Dr.PH (Doctor of Public Health), NHV (Nordic School of Health Sciences), Gothenburg, SV |
| 2004-2006 | Regional Advisor for Nursing and Midwifery, World Health Organization (WHO), European Region |
| since 2005 | Professor and Research leader, Research Unit of Nursing, Institute of Clinical Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, SDU |
| since 2008 | Leader of the Danish part of EU 7th RF Programme, Interlinks: Health systems and long-term care |
