Introduction
Dr. Tarun Katapally is a physician and a patient-oriented research leader. After obtaining clinical experience in India and the United Kingdom, Dr. Katapally went on to diversify his career towards health administration and population health, which culminated in a PhD in population health science from the college of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He established the Digital Epidemiology and Population Health Laboratory (DEPtH Lab) in 2017 to conceptualize virtual care and precision medicine applications. His team operationalizes this cutting-edge applied research using the Smart Platform, a big data toolkit that he developed to intersect citizen science and social innovation for digital health solutions.
Expert
Dr. Tarun Katapally is a physician and a patient-oriented research leader. After obtaining clinical experience in India and the United Kingdom, Dr. Katapally went on to diversify his career towards health administration and population health, which culminated in a PhD in population health science from the college of medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He established the Digital Epidemiology and Population Health Laboratory (DEPtH Lab) in 2017 to conceptualize virtual care and precision medicine applications. His team operationalizes this cutting-edge applied research using the Smart Platform, a big data toolkit that he developed to intersect citizen science and social innovation for digital health solutions.
Fields of expertise: Health and wellbeing, Social innovation / public sector innovation / policy innovation