Samir Bhatt#
| Membership Number: | 7220 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BASIC AND CLINICAL TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2025 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/en/persons/samir-bhatt |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-0891-4611 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/samir-bhatt-31927464/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2021 - present University of Copenhagen, Professor of Machine Learning and Public Health
- 2021 - present Imperial College London, Professor of Statistics and Public Health
- 2019 - 2021 Imperial College London, Senior Lecturer in Geostatistics
- 2016 - 2019 Imperial College London, Lecturer in Geostatistics
- 2012 - 2016 University of Oxford, Senior Computational Statistician
- 2011 - 2012 University of Oxford, Senior modeller
- 2010 - 2011 Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Postdoctoral researcher
- 2010 - 2010 University of Oxford, Postdoctoral researcher
Fields of Scholarship
- Artificial intelligence
- Machine learning
- Public health
- Applied mathematics
- Statistics
- Epidemiology
- Computer science
- Genetics
- Infectious diseases
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
- 2023 SPI-M-O Award for Modelling and Data Support
- 2022 Schmidt Polymath Award (international research grant)
- 2022 Weldon Memorial Prize (Collectively awarded to SPI-M-O)
- 2021 Queen’s Anniversary Prize (Imperial College COVID-19 Response Team)
- 2021 Novo Nordisk Young Investigator Award (international research grant)
- 2018 President’s Medal for Outstanding Research Team (MRC center)
- 2018 Academy of Medical Sciences Springboard Award (national research grant)
- 2010 Daiwa Adrian Prize 2010 (British Team)




