The lower you are in the hierarchy the worse your health, the higher you are, the better your health.

There's good evidence that if people are disempowered, if they have little control over their lives, if they're socially isolated or unable to participate fully in society, then there are biological effects.

Saying we can't afford to invest in early child development means we're storing up bigger costs in the future.

We have to put reduction of health inequalities at the centre of our public health strategy and that will require action on the social determinants of health.

Your position in the hierarchy influences your behaviour.

I'm not an Orthodox Jew, I don't practise much in the way of Jewish religion, but I am very Jewish and I think it probably does indeed influence what I do.

The academic life is wonderful. That's why people love to do research.