Ewen Harrison, Professor of Surgery and Data Science at the University of Edinburgh, is one of the world’s foremost surgical experts in health data science. He has been at the forefront of efforts to revolutionise the care of surgical patients globally, achieving this by harnessing novel approaches in the use of data and technology.
His programme of global surgery and data science is unique. He co-founded the international global surgery research collaborative, GlobalSurg which now holds the Guinness Record as the world’s largest scientific collaboration with over 15,000 collaborators across 800 hospitals in over 100 countries. He has supported and trained surgical research teams across Africa and Asia, including Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and India, recently completing the largest ever international study in cancer surgery.