Brian Li Han Wong

Brian Li Han Wong

Affiliated to Research
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: K9 Global folkhälsa, K9 GPH Alfvén, 171 77 Stockholm
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About me

  • Dr. Brian Li Han Wong is a global public health expert, entrepreneur, and interdisciplinary researcher interested in ageing and life course, digital (public/mental) health, global health diplomacy/governance, commercial determinants of health (CDoH), primary health care (PHC), public health workforce, meaningful youth engagement (MYE), and pandemic prevention, preparedness &

  • response (PPR).

    Brian currently acts as Program Manager for the "International Politics, Leadership &
  • Diplomacy for Health" project co-hosted by the Stockholm School of Economics and Karolinska Institutet, consultant with WHO's CDoH team, and an advisor for health tech start-us (AdagioVR &
  • Tala Thrive). He has previously worked with FIND Diagnostics and the WHO European Observatory on Health Systems &
  • Policies, where he advised on and contributed to digital health, PHC, human resources for health, and social participation activities. He sits on the Steering Committee for EUPHA's Digital Health Section, chairs the Board of Trustees for UK ModelWHO, and is part of WHO Youth Council &
  • Youth4Health Network, and ASPHER's Digital Public Health / Public Health Emergencies Task Forces.

    His long-standing passion for MYE in global health led him to found LonWHO, the UK’s first ModelWHO simulation, in 2017, as well as UK Model WHO, the first unified structure for ModelWHO sims in the UK, providing global health policy, advocacy, and diplomacy training for students and young professionals worldwide. Brian also regularly attends high-level meetings, where he has written/delivered policy statements and advocated for MYE in global health governance &
  • policy-making.

    His previous roles include: Scientific Community Manager for I-DAIR (now HealthAI)
  • Youth Officer and Regional Youth Champion with The Lancet &
  • Financial Times Commission on Governing Health Futures 2030 (now DTH-Lab)
  • surveillance epidemiologist with Public Health England, where he supported national COVID-19 surveillance and immunisation efforts
  • and Programme Manager of the “Outbreak!” strand of UCL’s annual Global Citizenship Programme.

    Since concluding his doctoral studies in cardiovascular science at UCL, Brian has completed a social innovation fellowship with Year Here, diplomatic training from the European Academy of Diplomacy, and Harvard Medical School's Global Clinical Scholars Research Training program. He also holds an MBA from Quantic, an MSc in epidemiology from LSHTM and B.Sc (Hons.) in biomedical science with a minor in music from uOttawa. In parallel with his work, Brian is pursuing a (part-time) PhD in public health workforce development at Maastricht University.

Research

    • ageing &
    • life course
    • commercial determinants of health
    • digital health
    • digital mental health
    • digital public health
    • global health diplomacy
    • global health governance
    • health financing
    • health policy
    • health systems
    • mental health
    • pandemic prevention, preparedness &
    • response
    • primary health care
    • public health workforce
    • youth engagement

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