Professor Anne Kveim Lie
University of Oslo — Institute of Health and Society
One of Scandinavia's leading scholars in the history of medicine and social medicine, internationally recognised for her work on infectious disease, antimicrobial resistance, and the social dimensions of healthcare. She currently chairs the Board of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health, and has held visiting fellowships at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania. Her work spans Scandinavian welfare-state history, global health, medicalisation, and the politics of pharmaceutical regulation, and includes the 2025 Cambridge University Press volume Medicine on a Larger Scale: Global Histories of Social Medicine.
Talk: Global and historical perspectives on social medicine and health equity.
Professor Nancy Krieger
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health — Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
One of the world's most influential social epidemiologists. Her ecosocial theory of disease distribution, first proposed in 1994, has shaped international research agendas and public health policy for three decades. A Clarivate/ISI Highly Cited Scientist — a distinction held by fewer than 0.5% of publishing researchers globally — she is also the recipient of the Sedgwick Memorial Medal, the oldest and most prestigious award of the American Public Health Association. Her work centres on the societal determinants of health, embodiment and health equity, and how structural racism, class, and gender pattern population health.
Talk: Social medicine and inequality in a policy perspective.
Professor Clare Bambra
Newcastle University — Population Health Sciences Institute
Among the most prominent public health researchers in Europe, widely recognised for her work on health inequalities and their social, political, and economic determinants. She holds fellowships from four major learned academies, including the Academy of Medical Sciences and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and served as an independent expert witness to both the UK and Scottish COVID-19 public inquiries. Her current Wellcome Trust Investigator Award examines the regional health divide in England.
Talk: The North–South Divide — geographical inequity in the UK.
Fourth keynote — to be announced
A third keynote, by a researcher or practitioner working at the frontline of health equity, will be announced by the programme subcommittee ahead of the conference.