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Guest Lecture - Dr Sabrina Germain

Advancing Health Equity through an Intersectional Lens in Law and Ethics

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Event Recap: Dr Germain’s Lecture on Legal and Ethical Frameworks for Health Equity

On 29 January 2025, Dr Germain delivered an insightful lecture at the Warwick Law School, exploring how legal and ethical frameworks can be leveraged to address health inequalities affecting marginalised groups in the UK.

Drawing from her ongoing research, she emphasised the necessity of adopting an intersectional approach to create greater equity in health and healthcare.

In the first part of her lecture, Dr Germain highlighted the need for a new and more agile ethical framework that prioritises public health through an intersectional lens. She argued that traditional ethical models often fail to address the complexities of marginalisation and should be reimagined to ensure more inclusive and effective policy decisions.

The second part of the lecture focused on healthcare services and resource allocation. Dr Germain examined how deliberative methods—which actively involve marginalised groups with intersecting identities—could be used to co-create laws and policies for the NHS. She demonstrated how participatory approaches can lead to more equitable distribution of healthcare resources.

The event concluded with a stimulating Q&A session, where attendees engaged in discussions on the practical applications of these frameworks and the challenges of implementing them in current health governance structures.

Dr Germain’s lecture reinforced the critical role of intersectionality in shaping ethical and legal responses to health inequalities, leaving attendees with valuable insights for future research and policy development.


Speaker bio:

Dr Sabrina Germain

Dr Sabrina Germain is a Reader in Healthcare Law and Policy and the Associate Dean for Equality Diversity and Inclusion at the City Law School. She is also the co-lead of the Health and Equity Lab at City St George’s, and is a member of the Medical Law Review editorial advisory board.

Sabrina’s research calls attention to the importance of justice in healthcare law and policy. In recent years, she has focused and been recognised for her expertise on inequalities in healthcare relating to race and gender diversity. Her work on these subjects has been published in leading journals such as Medical Law Review, Feminist Legal Studies and Medical Law International. Together with Elizabeth Chloe Romanis and Jonathan Herring she is also the editors of a new textbook that places intersectionality at the forefront of teaching in healthcare ethics and law.

The book is available for pre-order.