Jason Arora
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Dr. Jason Arora | |
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 At Harvard in 2018 | |
| Born | 1987 London, UK |
| Education | University of Oxford, Harvard University |
| Alma mater | Google Life Sciences, Medtronic, ICHOM |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, public health scientist, entrepreneur, author, broadcaster |
| Awards | Fulbright Scholar, Forbes 30 under 30, Harvard Public Health Innovator Award, Aspen Health Fellow |
| Website | jasonarora.com |
Jason Arora BMBCh, MA (Hons), MPH (born February 26, 1987) is a US-based British physician, public health scientist, entrepreneur, author, and broadcaster. He is the creator and host of the public health podcast The Health Curve.
Early life, education, and clinical practice
[edit]Arora was born and raised in London, UK.[citation needed] He attended Isleworth & Syon School for Boys, where he was a Caldecott Lake Scholar.[1]
He studied medicine at St. John's College, University of Oxford, where he also graduated with a First-class honours degree in Medical Sciences and was awarded the Book Prize. [citation needed] He was mentored by Professor Jaideep Pandit and Professor Zoltan Molnar and conducted medical research in experimental neuropathology at Oxford's Department of Pharmacology.[citation needed]
At Oxford, Arora was the medical school's delegate to the Royal Society of Medicine and a founding member of OxFizz (the fastest-growing educational social enterprise in the UK at the time[2][failed verification]). As a medical student, he travelled to remote and underserved communities to provide voluntary medical aid, for which he was awarded honorary memberships to The Explorer’s Club[citation needed] and the Society for Scientific Exploration[citation needed], as well as the Lord Mayor of London & Guild of Freemen National Award.[3]
After Oxford, Arora worked as a National Health Service (NHS) physician at Ealing Hospital and as a global health policy researcher, focusing on chronic disease risk factors. He served on several regional and national healthcare leadership committees, including the British Medical Association (BMA) and the Faculty for Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM). He also worked at the British Medical Journal (BMJ), developing social media tools for public health surveillance.[citation needed]
Arora was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and a British Universities North America Club (BUNAC) scholarship to study public health at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where he focused on global health system design for chronic disease management and prevention, population health, and the Quintuple Aim.[4][failed verification] He served on the leadership team of Harvard’s Public Health Innovation & Technology Committee, conducted research at Harvard Business School on digital health applications for improving health outcomes in low and middle-income countries, and worked as an intern at the digital health startups Wellframe and HealthTap.[citation needed]
Google Life Sciences (Verily)
[edit]Arora was appointed Head of Clinical Science Innovation and Head of Medical Affairs at Google Life Sciences (Verily), where he built and led both functions for the company, and focused on building and applying digital health and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for clinical trials and real-world medical evidence generation. His work and contributions spanned several of Verily’s projects, including the Baseline Health Study (an effort to map the full biological spectrum of human health and disease), the Clinical Studies Platform,[5][failed verification] digital biomarkers for neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disease, novel clinical trial endpoints, and Verily’s national Covid-19 testing platform.[6]
Affiliations and related endeavors
[edit]Arora has served as a consultant for early-stage startups[7] and is an independent researcher across several related areas in the chronic disease field: generative AI applications in healthcare, longevity, precision medicine, and early-stage biotechnology. He also mentors medical students and junior physicians looking to transition into innovation and technology.[citation needed]
In 2025, he launched the public health podcast, The Health Curve,[8] which focuses on improving health literacy by simplifying health topics for the lay public, combating health misinformation, and raising awareness of health issues affecting underserved populations.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "Caldecott Lake Scholarships". Isleworth & Syon School. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "Social Enterprise Success". Eton College. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
- ^ "Awards". The Lord Mayor's 800th Anniversary Awards Trust. 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ Nundy, Shantanu; Cooper, Lisa A.; Mate, Kedar S. (2022-02-08). "The Quintuple Aim for Health Care Improvement: A New Imperative to Advance Health Equity". JAMA. 327 (6): 521–522. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.25181. ISSN 0098-7484. PMID 35061006.
- ^ Franklin, Joseph B.; Abernethy, Amy P.; Arora, Jason; Hirsch, Brad (2022-05-10). "Expanding the Evidence Base for Precision Healthcare". HMPI: Health Management, Policy & Innovation (May 2022: Volume 7, Issue 2).
- ^ Arora, Jason; Mega, Jessica L.; Abernethy, Amy; Stadtlander, William (2022-05-10). "Connecting Real-World Data to Support Public Health Efforts". Catalyst Non-issue Content. 3 (3). doi:10.1056/CAT.22.0040 (inactive 15 March 2025).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of March 2025 (link) - ^ Dobbs, Tom (September 2024). "Life outside clinical medicine (and the UK): an interview with Dr Jason Arora". The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 106 (6): 364–365. doi:10.1308/rcsbull.2024.117. ISSN 1473-6357.
- ^ "The Health Curve". Buzzsprout. 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2025-03-14.