Prof Bilal Mateen

Prof Bilal Mateen

Prof Bilal Mateen - a physician by training - serves as PATH's inaugural Chief AI Officer, overseeing the organisation's work spanning healthcare-focused AI solutions and AI4Bioscience. He is also a member of the UN’s independent international science panel on AI and holds honorary professorial chairs in machine learning for health at the University of Birmingham and UCL. Over the course of his career, Prof Bilal has served as principal investigator on over $250 million in grants to support digital health initiatives globally. Before joining PATH, Prof Bilal developed the digital technology funding strategy at the Wellcome Trust and oversaw an annual nine-figure budget spanning investments in climate & health, infectious diseases, and mental health.