Ruth Bell

Principal Research Fellow and Senior Advisor, UCL Institute of Health Equity, University College London (UCL)

Dr Ruth Bell is a Principal Research Fellow and Senior Advisor at the UCL Institute of Health Equity. Ruth’s main activities are in working to provide evidence and strategic policy advice for integrated action across sectors to tackle health inequalities. She has a particular interest in the social determinants of non-communicable diseases. She currently leads work to evaluate innovative interventions within two HORIZON 2020 projects: INHERIT and Cities-4-People. Ruth has developed evidence-based reports for UNDP, WHO, UNICEF, the UK Department for International Development and Public Health England. Ruth leads a Masters level taught module on the social determinants of health at UCL, and the annual UCL Health and Society Summer School.