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Professor Josip Car

Professor of Population and Digital Health Sciences

  • Head of School of Life Course & Population Sciences

Biography

Professor Josip Car serves as the Head of King’s School of Life Course & Population Sciences and holds the Chair in Population and Digital Health Sciences. With over 400 multidisciplinary experts, the School operates globally, pioneering world-changing discoveries and translating them into advances in medicine and health systems. Prior to joining King’s he served in a range of leadership roles in Singapore and the UK including as the Founding Director of the WHO Centre for Digital Health and Health Education, Director of Public Health, Primary and Integrated Care at Imperial College Healthcare, Director of NIHR Primary Care Research Network for London (NW) and Director of Global Digital Health Unit.

Professor Car brings a triple-track record of academic, clinical, and executive leadership. He has been leading and advising on health systems, population and digital health, AI for health innovations, having worked in multiple health systems and with diverse organizations including with the WHO, Ministries of Health and industry. Professor Car is dedicated to advancing precision, personalized population health within a learning health system. 

Executive Assistant: Helen Rumble (EA-HeadSLCPS@kcl.ac.uk)

Research

Biomedical Informatics
Digital Health

Digital Health Research Group is a multidisciplinary group of informaticians, clinicians, psychologists and computer scientists, researching the role of data and knowledge in medical research and practice.

News

Professor Andrew Shennan OBE appointed as Tommy's Chair of Maternal and Fetal Health

Professor Shennan takes over from Professor Lucilla Poston CBE, who has held the role since it was created in 1995

Lucilla Poston / Andrew Shennan 780x450

Research

Biomedical Informatics
Digital Health

Digital Health Research Group is a multidisciplinary group of informaticians, clinicians, psychologists and computer scientists, researching the role of data and knowledge in medical research and practice.

News

Professor Andrew Shennan OBE appointed as Tommy's Chair of Maternal and Fetal Health

Professor Shennan takes over from Professor Lucilla Poston CBE, who has held the role since it was created in 1995

Lucilla Poston / Andrew Shennan 780x450