2026-01-19
1 小时 20 分钟Welcome to the LSE Events podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.
By saying a warm welcome to everyone in the room and everybody online,
I appreciate you have multiple demands on your time.
So thank you for prioritising this session.
I'm secretly confident that you'll think it was the right choice by the time we finish,
but you can definitely give us that feedback.
My name is Lissonne Contel.
I'm an associate research fellow here at the LSE in LSE Health.
I'm a health economist working on infectious disease and more recently establishing a well-contrast funded centre looking at the economics of diagnostics.
It is an honour and a secret long-term goal to get Patricia here today on the stage.
I've known Patricia for over 20 years and from the very first conversation I had with her I knew that she was the real deal.
Her originality of thought,
her fearlessness to pursue questions that others would just accept as the status quo.
And I think also you're sort of warmth and openness to hear others' ideas and suggestions make you a delight to know.
In terms of housekeeping we're not scheduled to have an alarm go off today so
if we do then we need to sort of move and convene at Pankhurst House and also We're going to be recording this event,
both in terms of audio and visual.
So hopefully people accept that by being in the room and consent to that.
And can I ask that people turn their mobile phones off,