Vortrag

„The Lancet’s Cas­es in Glob­al Social Med­i­cine: a new ini­tia­tive explor­ing how social forces shape health, ill­ness, and care across diverse glob­al contexts”

Each case inte­grates med­ical insight with anthro­pol­o­gy and social sci­ence the­o­ry to pro­vide crit­i­cal, action­able tools for clin­i­cians, pub­lic health prac­ti­tion­ers, and policymakers.

This series will be launched across three lead­ing institutions:

UC Berke­ley (Berke­ley Cen­ter for Social Med­i­cine) – 13 April 2026
April 13 in Berke­ley: The Lancet Glob­al Social Med­i­cine Series Kick-Off with Sir Michael Marmot

Uni­ver­si­ty of Chica­go (Neubauer Col­legium for Cul­ture and Soci­ety) – 16 April 2026
April 15 in Chica­go: The Lancet Glob­al Social Med­i­cine Series Kick-Off with Sir Michael Marmot

Uni­ver­si­ty of Barcelona (Hub for Glob­al Social Med­i­cine) – 5 May 2026
May 5 in Barcelona: The Lancet Glob­al Social Med­i­cine Series Kick-Off with Fer­nan­do Simón

All events will be acces­si­ble in per­son and via livestream or record­ings, enabling glob­al par­tic­i­pa­tion. The series con­venes an inter­dis­ci­pli­nary group of clin­i­cians, schol­ars, and practitioners.

The Cas­es in Glob­al Social Med­i­cine series presents real clin­i­cal cas­es from around the world, each illus­trat­ing how social deter­mi­nants, such as inequal­i­ty, migra­tion, struc­tur­al vio­lence, and access to care, direct­ly shape clin­i­cal outcomes.

Keynotes

The events will fea­ture keynote address­es by Sir Michael Mar­mot (Berke­ley and Chica­go) and Fer­nan­do Simón (Barcelona), both of whom are glob­al lead­ing fig­ures in the study of social deter­mi­nants of health, high­light­ing how social con­di­tions fun­da­men­tal­ly shape health out­comes and why address­ing them is essen­tial to clin­i­cal care and pol­i­cy. These events are designed for schol­ars and prac­ti­tion­ers in med­i­cine, pub­lic health, and the social sci­ences, as well as any­one inter­est­ed in advanc­ing health equi­ty through inter­dis­ci­pli­nary collaboration.

Dis­cus­sions will include some of the five already pub­lished cases: 

Case 1

Title: Med­ical com­part­men­tal­i­sa­tion: a patient with chro­mo­some 22q11.2 dele­tion syn­drome in Japan(link is external)
Authors: Kiy­oto Kasai; Yousuke Kumaku­ra; Junko Kitana­ka; Shin-ichi­ro Kuma­gaya; Scott D. Stonington

Case 2

Title: Struc­tur­al inter­com­pe­ten­cy: an asy­lum seek­er with abdom­i­nal pain in Tijua­na, Mexico(link is external)
Authors: Car­los Mar­tinez; Shamsh­er Sam­ra; Todd Schneberk; Han­nah Janeway

Case 3

Title: Lin­guis­tic prag­ma­tism: a woman with pro­gres­sive abdom­i­nal pain in Thailand(link is external)

Authors: Scott Ston­ing­ton; Preeyanoot Surinkaew; Thi­dathit Prachanukool

Case 4

Title: Impro­vi­sa­tion in con­texts of infra­struc­tur­al vio­lence: a physi­cian prac­tis­ing med­i­cine in Sahrawi refugee camps(link is external)

Authors: Salek Ali Mohamed Elabd; Larous­si Mohamed Salem; Theodore L Michaels; Dahaman Bachir Hama­di; Raabub Mohamed-Lamin Meh­di; María Car­rión; Seth M Holmes

Case 5

Title: Medico-legal entan­gle­ment: a woman with abdom­i­nal pain in Peru(link is external)

Authors: Michele Heisler; Mar­vel Celeste Sabi­no Pre­tel; Zoe Boudart; Lutz Oette

We warm­ly encour­age you to join us, either in per­son or online, for this impor­tant glob­al conversation

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