Clare Bambra
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Clare Bambra | |
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 Bambra in 2022 | |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham University of Manchester |
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| Institutions | Newcastle University Durham University University of Liverpool Sheffield Hallam University |
| Thesis | One world? An examination of the convergence of European welfare states (2002) |
Clare Bambra is a British social scientist who is Professor of Public Health at Newcastle University. She is the Founding Director of Health Equity North, and has led the Wellcome Trust investigation into the north-south health divide. Bambra is a member of the World Health Organization Europe's Scientific Advisory Group on Health Equity.
Bambra studied political sciences at the University of Birmingham.[1] She moved to the University of Manchester for her postgraduate degree, where she specialised in European politics and policy.[citation needed] She stayed in Manchester for her doctoral research, where she studied convergence of European welfare states.[2] After completing her PhD she moved to the University of Liverpool, where she worked as a research associate in public health policy.[citation needed]
