Meet the Team
PRIMARY-AI brings together over 100 international experts across all six WHO regions, including primary care clinicians, clinical researchers, AI developers, health informaticians, patient representatives, policymakers, medical educators, regulatory experts, bioethicists, and health equity researchers.
Leadership
Prof Tien Yin Wong
Vice-Provost, Tsinghua University & Senior Vice-Chancellor, Tsinghua Medicine
Leading expert in AI applications for ophthalmology and diabetic retinopathy detection.
Prof Josip Car
Professor of Population and Digital Health Sciences
Head of School of Life Course & Population Sciences at King's College London.
Experts
Prof Yuanli Liu
Counselor of the State Council & Tenured Professor of Peking Union Medical College
Leading expert in health policy and management, epidemiology, and healthcare system reform.
Prof Till Bärnighausen
Professor of Alexander von Humboldt University & Director of Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
Population health researcher focusing on global health interventions and health system innovations.
Prof Lorainne Tudor Car
Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London
Leading researcher in digital health, digital health professions education and health data science.
Prof Lan Xue
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program
Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University (Supervisor: Prof. Tien Yin Wong)
Project Coordinators
Dr. Dian Zeng
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program
Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University (Supervisor: Prof. Tien Yin Wong)
Team Members
Chenyang Pei
PhD Candidate at Peking Union Medical College and Heidelberg University
Health Policy and Management, selected for the first Youth Talent Lifting Project - Special Program for Doctoral Candidates by China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). (Supervisor: Prof. Yuanli Liu and Prof. Till Bärnighausen)
Zehua Jiang
PhD Candidate in Ophthalmology, Tsinghua University
Her research centers on AI-driven ocular image analysis and systemic disease biomarkers, leveraging prior clinical research experience at the Singapore National Eye Centre for AI deployment in primary care. (Supervisor: Prof. Tien Yin Wong)
Zihao Zou
MD-PhD student in Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University
His research focuses on the applications of AI in medical education and primary care. (Supervisor: Prof. Tien Yin Wong)
Dr. Yiming Qin
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar Program
Tsinghua Medicine, Tsinghua University (Supervisor: Prof. Tien Yin Wong)