A new vision for health equity
Inaugural Lecture: Professor Adetoro Adegoke
Health Equity at Scale: From the Margins to System Transformation
A powerful and thought-provoking finale to this year’s Inaugural Lecture Series will see Professor Adetoro Adegoke, Professor of Health Inequalities, share her bold vision for transforming health systems.
Taking place on Wednesday 13 May at 4pm, the lecture, Health Equity at Scale: From the Margins to System Transformation, tackles one of the most pressing challenges of our time: health inequality.
Despite ongoing efforts, disparities in health outcomes persist across communities and populations. In this engaging lecture, Professor Adegoke will challenge conventional approaches and uncover why inequalities persist, despite decades of effort.
Drawing on her extensive work across communities, health systems and global policy spaces, she offers a new perspective: that health inequality is not simply about individual behaviour, but the result of structural and systemic design.
At the heart of the lecture is a powerful proposition: health equity cannot be achieved through isolated interventions - it must be delivered at scale through transformed systems.
The lecture introduces an ambitious and practical framework for delivering 'Health Equity at Scale', demonstrating how trust, community engagement and system-wide redesign can work together to improve access, experiences and outcomes for marginalised populations.
Professor Adetoro Adegoke
Professor Adegoke is Director of the Centre of Excellence in Health Inequalities at Buckinghamshire New University. With a professional background in midwifery, her expertise spans reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health.
Her work focuses on reducing health inequalities, strengthening health systems and building capacity within health training institutions. She has led international, multi-country research across diverse settings, including fragile and post-conflict environments, with a strong emphasis on equitable healthcare, quality education, gender equality, and the empowerment of women and girls.
BNU's Inaugural Lecture Series
The Inaugural Lecture Series celebrates the achievements of newly appointed professors, offering colleagues across the University the opportunity to engage with their research, insights and impact.
This event is free and open to all, and there will be an opportunity to ask questions and join the discussion.
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If you can’t attend in person, the lecture will be recorded and made available online as part of the Inaugural Lecture Series at bucks.ac.uk/inaugural-lecture-series
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