Physician, public health scientist, tech executive, entrepreneur, and broadcaster.
CURRENT PROJECTS
AI x Population Health - Visiting Scholar at the Department of Epidemiology & Population Health at Stanford University School of Medicine, focusing on the development and deployment of AI applications in population health.
Early-Stage Biotech - Partnering with biotechnology companies to translate cutting-edge biology into novel, transformative therapeutics.
The Health Curve - An award-winning health media company focused on improving health literacy and advancing human-centric approaches to health. We simplify complex health topics, explore impactful ideas shaping the future of human health, and raise awareness of critical health issues affecting underserved communities. On our podcast, I speak with a wide range of voices - from public health scientists, clinicians, and entrepreneurs to advocates, artists, and coaches.
If you are interested in collaborating, please get in touch.
BIO
I have spent nearly two decades building and leading innovation efforts across healthcare, population health, and life sciences at some of the world’s leading organizations, including Google Life Sciences (Head of Clinical Science Innovation and Medical Affairs), Medtronic (Director of Value-Based Care), The Gates Foundation (AI Strategy Lead, Global Health), and ICHOM (Director; a non-profit joint venture co-founded by BCG, The Karolinska Institutet, and Harvard Business School).
I am grateful to have been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 lister in Healthcare and Science, as a recipient of the Harvard Public Health Alumni Innovator Award, Lord Mayor of London & Guild of Freemen National Prize, as a Fulbright Scholar, and as an Aspen Institute Health Fellow. I currently serve as a judge for the Zayed Sustainability Prize administered by the Government of Abu Dhabi, and was previously a judge for Harvard’s Public Health Alumni Awards and an Honorary Fellow of The Royal Society of Arts.
I have delivered invited keynotes across the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, and my hosts have included the President of Chile, European Parliament, World Bank, America Economia, the Government of Abu Dhabi, The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), American Heart Association (AHA), Royal Society of Medicine, European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), Society for Thoracic Surgeons (STS), MedTech Europe, Novartis, Medtronic, Oxford University, Harvard University, University College London, and Imperial College London. My work and commentary have appeared in top-tier journals and media, including the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst, Harvard Business Review, BMJ, The Economist, Forbes, and JACC.
I received my degrees in Medicine and Medical Sciences from Oxford University - earning First Class Honors and numerous academic prizes - and I hold a Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where I was the recipient of two international scholarships.
I am based in Palo Alto, California.