Born in England and educated in Australia, Sir Michael Marmot is professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at UCL. He takes up the Lown visiting professorship at Harvard in 2015 and Presidency of the World Medical Association. He chaired the WHO Commission on Social Detriments of Health (2005-8), and the European Review of Social Determinants and the Health Divide. His recommendations have been adopted by the World Health Assembly and by many countries. The British Government appointed him to conduct a review of social determinants and health inequalities. The Marmot Review and its recommendations are now being implemented in three-quarters of local authorities in England. He lives in North London.