Professor Deborah Lupton’s research is interdisciplinary, spanning public health, medical sociology, digital health, and communication studies. She has three decades of experience in researching the social dimensions of lived experiences of illness and disease, the political dimensions of medicine and public health, and health and risk communication. She is internationally recognised for her foundational scholarship applying contemporary sociocultural theory to medicine and public health topics. She has been awarded two honorary doctorates from European universities. She is one of the top-most cited social researchers worldwide.