Iain Buchan is the W.H. Duncan Professor of Public Health Systems at the University of Liverpool, where responsibilities include driving health informatics and data science research, and serving as the Executive Dean for the Institute of Population Health. Throughout a distinguished career, Iain has provided expertise as Chief Data Scientist adviser at AstraZeneca and directed healthcare research at Microsoft. Notable academic roles include Professor of Public Health Informatics at the University of Manchester and Specialist Registrar in Public Health within the NHS. Iain's education includes advanced degrees in Medical Computational Statistics, Clinical Informatics, and Public Health from the University of Liverpool, University of Cambridge, and professional fellowships in medical informatics.