Tom Wilkinson

Professor Tom Wilkinson is CSO of my mhealth, Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Southampton, and Honorary Consultant at University Hospitals Southampton. He trained at the University of Cambridge and Barts and the London School of Medicine and completed his PhD at UCL studying disease mechanisms driving Infective Exacerbations of COPD. He has 20 years’ experience in health care innovation and health services research and in 2012 co-founded my mhealth with Simon Bourne. He is now a Director and Chief Scientific Officer for the company and leads the digital health research programme.

Tom’s research seeks to improve outcomes for patients with long-term conditions. He currently leads several large-scale programmes of digital health implementation and appraisal across the NHS. He and his team are developing data-driven models of disease to help patients and clinicians better understand the outcome and to optimise treatment. Working with thought leaders in AI and data science the my mhealth research team is now developing the next generation of digital therapeutics.

Tom has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and reviews. His work has been recognised by National and International Awards including the European award for Innovation in Respiratory Medicine.