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John Powell

MA MB BChir MSc PhD PGCertMedEd MRCPsych FFPH FFCI


Professor of Digital Health

  • Professor of Digital Health Care
  • NIHR Senior Investigator
  • Senior Research Fellow, Jesus College
  • Consultant Public Health Physician
  • Digital Health Theme Lead, NIHR ARC
  • Digital Health Theme Lead, NIHR HRC
  • Co-Academic Director, MSc in Applied Digital Health

For prospective DPhil and MSc students

Please direct all enquiries about the MSc in Applied Digital Health to the Course Coordinator, Vivian Ansell vivian.ansell@phc.ox.ac.uk.

Please direct all enquiries about DPhil applications to the Graduate Studies Officer, Daniel Long daniel.long@phc.ox.ac.uk

I am not currently taking on any new DPhil students and I do not have any positions for visiting researchers or interns. 

Background and current work

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