Chair and Director, International Disability Research Centre, UCL

Prof. Nora Groce is a medical anthropologist, working in the area of international development and global health with particular emphasis on applied research on vulnerable populations. Her research interests include issues of disability in international health and development, violence as a global public health problem and equity in access to development efforts in ethnic, minority and rural communities. Author of over 250 journal articles, books and reports, she is a regular advisor for UN agencies, national governments, non-governmental organizations and disabled peoples organisations (DPOs). She sits on a number of scientific advisory panels and review boards. Prior to coming to UCL, Professor Groce was a Research Scientist at Harvard University (1986-1990) and Associate Professor in Global Health at Yale University and Director of the Yale/World Health Organization Collaborating Centre (1991-2008).