Prof Lorainne Tudor Car
Professor of Digital Health
Position: Professor of Digital Health and Inkfish Principal Medical Research Scientist
Specialization: Health Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Health, Digital Education
Affiliation: King's College London
Biography
Dr Lorainne Tudor Car is Professor of Digital Health and Inkfish Principal Medical Research Scientist within the EMBRACE research programme at King's College London. A medical doctor with a PhD in Public Health and an MSc in Health Economics, Policy & Management, she previously held academic positions at Imperial College London, its medical school in Singapore, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Dr Tudor Car's work focuses on health data science, artificial intelligence, digital health, and digital education.
Key Research Areas
- Health data science
- Artificial intelligence in healthcare
- Digital health innovations
- Digital education in medicine
- Health economics and policy
Editorial and Professional Roles
- Editorial board member of BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine
- Editor for JMIR Medical Education
- Member of the Royal Society of Medicine's Education Committee
- Former methods editor for the Cochrane Public Health group
Academic Achievements
- Published 140 peer-reviewed articles
- More than 79,000 citations
- Co-led programmes on mobile health for WHO
- Contributed to WHO Academy, guidelines, and policy
WHO Contributions
Notably, Dr Tudor Car co-led programmes on mobile health and multiple evidence syntheses for the WHO, which have contributed to the WHO Academy, guidelines, and policy. Her work has had significant impact on global health policy and digital health implementation strategies.
Previous Academic Positions
- Imperial College London
- Imperial College London's medical school in Singapore
- Postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health