Tania King: The role of gender norms in driving health inequities

FBE Gender Lab Interdisciplinary Seminar Series: August 10, 11:00 - 12:00

Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Melbourne (Downing Boardroom, level 5, FBE building).

Tania King is a Vice Chancellor’s Principal Research Fellow at RMIT University, and Deputy Director of the Social Equity Research Centre. A social epidemiologist, her work focuses on understanding the social and structural determinants of health inequities across the life-course. She applies quantitative methods to large cohort studies, Coronial data and linked administrative data to examine the impact of different social determinants on different outcomes, and to identify optimal points of intervention. A specific focus of her work includes examination of the gender system as a determinant of health outcomes, particularly in the way norms and processes intersect with paid and unpaid work arrangements and conditions to impact on mental health. As part of this work, she leads two Australian Research Council funded research to develop and apply a measure of gender equality across Australia.