Short Biography

Director, Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU)
Imperial College London
UK

I am Director of the Self-Care Academic Research Unit (SCARU) at Imperial College London, Director & Trustee of the International Self-Care Foundation & Trustee of the Self-Care Forum. I am a fellow of WHO Collaborating Centre for Public Health Education & Training, the primary care theme lead for NIHR Diagnostic Evidence Co-operative London & General Manager of the Directorate of Public Health at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. As of April 2024, I also assumed the role of Advanced Research Fellow in Social Care one day a week.
My principal aim is to help accelerate the widespread adoption & diffusion of evidence-based self-care & self-driven healthcare interventions to promote health & wellbeing.
I sit on various expert groups & panels, including the WHO Expert Review Group on Self-Care Interventions for Health & the Digital Health London Expert Panel on Evidence Generation for Digital Health Technologies. I am Chair of the Research Trailblazers Group & developed thought leadership around the emergent concept of Self-Driven Healthcare.

Email: a.el-osta@imperial.ac.uk
Mobile number: +44 777 288 2958

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