Michel Guillot

Michel Guillot is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Arts & Sciences, affiliated with the Department of Sociology. He holds leadership roles in global health initiatives, including serving as Chair of the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and Core Stillbirth Estimation Group (CSEG) under the United Nations Inter-Agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME) since 2024.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Demography and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania (2000)
• M.A. in Demography, University of Paris I-Sorbonne (1996)
• B.A. in History, University of Paris IV-Sorbonne (1992)

Research Interests:
Guillot’s work focuses on formal demography and health disparities. In demography, he develops methodologies to analyze mortality trends, aging populations, and indirect estimation techniques for under-5 mortality. In health equity, he examines disease burdens among global poor populations and vulnerable groups (e.g., ethnic minorities, immigrants) across regions like India, Central Asia, and France. Current projects include studying nutrition’s role in stillbirths/neonatal deaths in Ethiopia, India, and West Africa, alongside co-leading research on the pandemic’s mortality impact.

His recent publications address mortality modeling, migrant health, and pandemic effects, often collaborating with international agencies like the UN. He actively contributes to global health policy through his UN roles, bridging academic research with actionable insights.

No grants or student advising information is explicitly stated in the provided text. Guillot collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and chairs key UN committees to advance demographic and public health agendas.