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Josip Car

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.

London landscape
Ageing Research at King's (ARK)

Cross faculty consortium addressing ageing and healthy longevity.

News

Experts publish framework for global adoption of digital health in medical education

A group of 211 international experts from 79 countries has today published a new framework to facilitate the design, development and implementation of digital...

Trainee doctor sitting at a desk using a digital tablet.

King's draws together expertise to make the world healthier and advance our understanding of intelligence

Two new multidisciplinary research institutes have been created at King’s to help tackle major challenges for society and find innovative ways to advance...

Images of heart-rate health monitors, medicines, human brain and artificial intelligence.

New leadership appointments at King's Health Partners

KHP has appointed Professor Sebastien Ourselin and Professor Josip Car as Directors to join the leadership team and strengthen academic and clinical links...

Image of Professor Sebastien Ourselin (left) and Professor Josip Car (right)

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

Events

11Apr

2025 Harvard Health Systems Innovation Hackathon - join the London Hub

Be part of the London Hub for this year's ‘Building High Value Health Systems’ Hackathon

14Mar

Digital Health Competencies Launch Event

Join us for the Digital Health Competencies Launch Event, which will explore the importance of digital health curricula for medical education with the Digital...

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.

London landscape
Ageing Research at King's (ARK)

Cross faculty consortium addressing ageing and healthy longevity.

News

Experts publish framework for global adoption of digital health in medical education

A group of 211 international experts from 79 countries has today published a new framework to facilitate the design, development and implementation of digital...

Trainee doctor sitting at a desk using a digital tablet.

King's draws together expertise to make the world healthier and advance our understanding of intelligence

Two new multidisciplinary research institutes have been created at King’s to help tackle major challenges for society and find innovative ways to advance...

Images of heart-rate health monitors, medicines, human brain and artificial intelligence.

New leadership appointments at King's Health Partners

KHP has appointed Professor Sebastien Ourselin and Professor Josip Car as Directors to join the leadership team and strengthen academic and clinical links...

Image of Professor Sebastien Ourselin (left) and Professor Josip Car (right)

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

Events

11Apr

2025 Harvard Health Systems Innovation Hackathon - join the London Hub

Be part of the London Hub for this year's ‘Building High Value Health Systems’ Hackathon

14Mar

Digital Health Competencies Launch Event

Join us for the Digital Health Competencies Launch Event, which will explore the importance of digital health curricula for medical education with the Digital...