Kate Pickett is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York, where she leads the Public Health and Society Research Group. Her landmark book The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone , co-written with Richard Wilkinson, was an international bestseller, chosen by the Guardian as one of the 100 most influential books of the century and by the New Statesman as a top ten book of the decade. Their follow-up, The Inner Level , shows how societal inequality has similarly profound effects on individual health and wellbeing. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the Guardian , Nature and New York Times , and she has delivered more than 500 keynote speeches, including at the United Nations, the European Parliament and within UK government departments. Kate is the co-founder of the Equality Trust, an academic co-director of Health Equity North, and a fellow of the RSA, the UK Faculty of Public Health and the Academy of Social Sciences. In 2023, she received an OBE for services to societal equality.