Junaid Bajwa

Junaid is a practicing physician in the NHS and currently occupies the roles of Chief Medical Scientist at Microsoft Research, and as a Non-Executive Director at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

He was previously the Global Lead for Strategic Alliances and Solutions for the Global Digital Centre of Excellence at Merck Sharp & Dohme (Merck & Co), where he helped shape their global digital strategy.

Junaid also has experience in the academic world where he is a Clinical Associate Professor at University College London (UCL), and a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health. Over the past 15 years, Junaid has worked across primary care, secondary care, and public health settings in addition to acting as a payer, and policymaker within the UK, where he specialized in informatics, digital transformation, and leadership.

He has also acted as a consultant for health care systems across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the Middle East, and Europe.