Michael Marmot is a professor of epidemiology and public health at University College, London, where he is also the director of the International Center for Health and Society. He serves as an adviser to the World Health Organization and lectures around the world. He lives in London.
"[The] cutting edge of public health research... [Marmot] transformed the health establishment's thinking about the link between status and health." --The New York Times "Shows that all societies demonstrate the same truth... social status provides two crucial props to good health and personal well-being." --The Observer (London) "A wake-up call to those of us in the wealthy industrialized world who think our social status has no impact on our health. [The Status Syndrome]... will make readers look at the rat race in a whole new way." --Publishers Weekly "Michael Marmot is a world-class scientist who writes deeply about matters of life and death with the grace of a world-class essayist. Anyone concerned about the health of our society should read this book." --Robert D. Putnam, author of Bowling Alone and Better Together
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