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This webinar and coffee hour is part of the Microbes and Social Equity 2026 Speaker Series.<\/em><\/p>\n

Microbiomes, Inequity, and Structural Conditions: Rethinking What Shapes Health<\/h3>\n
Microbiomes don\u2019t exist in isolation \u2014 they reflect the systems we live in.<\/h5>\n

Dr Bailey will explore how microbiomes are shaped not only by biology, but by the structural conditions in which people live. Drawing on her work in social epidemiology, she will examine how factors such as housing, neighborhood environments, policy, and systemic inequities influence exposure, risk, and health outcomes.<\/p>\n

Her talk will challenge assumptions that microbiome variation can be understood without considering the broader social context. By reframing microbiome science through the lens of structural inequity, she highlights the need for approaches that address root causes rather than surface-level differences.<\/p>\n

After the talk, we continue the conversation with an informal social hour. Join us as we chat with the speaker, MSE members, and attendees about research, teaching, our pets, and more!<\/p>\n

Programme (Timings are ET)<\/strong><\/p>\n

11:00 Welcome and introduction – Professor Sue Ishaq, Founder and Lead, MSE
\n11:05 Guest speaker – Zinzi Bailey ScD
\n11:45 Audience question and answer session
\n12:00 Informal coffee and chat
\n13:00 Close<\/p>\n

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Speaker: <\/strong>Zinzi Bailey ScD<\/p>\n

91¸£Àû the speaker: <\/strong>Zinzi Bailey, ScD is an Associate Professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health at the University of Minnesota. She is a social epidemiologist whose research focuses on structural drivers of health inequities, including structural racism, housing conditions, and the criminal legal system.<\/p>\n

Her work develops quantitative approaches to measure how social and political systems shape health outcomes, with a particular focus on cancer disparities, infectious disease risk, and access to care. Dr Bailey\u2019s research has been widely published in leading journals and has contributed to reframing structural racism as a fundamental cause of health inequities.<\/p>\n

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