Chattu, Vijay Kumar
Dr Vijay Kumar Chattu is a Global Health Specialist at the University of Toronto and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Computer Science Engineering (SCOPE), Vellore Institute of Technology. Besides, he is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Alberta, a Senior Fellow at the WHO CC for KT and HTA in Health Equity at Ottawa and a Visiting Research Fellow at United Nations University-CRIS, Belgium. His interdisciplinary research intersects Medicine, Health Sciences, Health Technology, Health Policy and International Relations. During his academic career, Dr Chattu studied at various universities in 5 continents and travelled to over 45 countries. He did his MBBS and MD from India, MPH from Belgium, MPhil from South Africa, Fellowship in Digital Health/Occupational Medicine from Canada and PhD from Trinidad and Tobago. Besides, he also holds a Post Master's Certificate in Mental Health from Harvard University and a Graduate Certificate in Global Health Diplomacy from Graduate Institute Geneva. He is a recipient of the NIH-Fogarty AITRP Grant at UCLA, the Fogarty MHIRT Grant at the U of Michigan and numerous prestigious awards from DGDC Belgium, Salzburg Global Seminar Austria and WHO-IARC France, to name a few. He published over 400 articles and has consistently ranked among the World's Top 2% Scientists in Public Health by the Stanford University & Elsevier Rankings since 2021. Dr Chattu serves as an Associate Editor for BMJ Global Health and other prestigious journals. As a Global Health Policy advisor, he regularly contributes to the T20 Policy briefs for G20 Summits and G7 Forums. He has a long track record of consulting for multilateral organizations such as UNAIDS-TSF, WHO and the World Bank. Some of his co-authored works include applications of Blockchain technology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning in health domains such as Disease Surveillance, Maternal and Child Health, Health Equity, Sleep Medicine etc. His current research interests include AI-driven diagnostics, Telemedicine, Remote patient consultations in the Metaverse, and Virtual Reality applications in medical education and training. Dr Chattu is also the Founder and CEO of Global Health Research and Innovations Canada Inc. (GHRIC) based in Toronto.