Dr Shana Vijayan

Shana Vijayan is the Assistant Director for the Digital Profession at NHS England. She is responsible for the development of an NHS wide digital and data profession.

She has an extensive background in health management, strategy and innovation in complex and varied environments.

She champions a culture which is open and transparent. Her particular interest is in how NHS organisations can be more effective. She is concerned with how public health services are held to account and the tools and technologies that shape healthcare.

Shana is a trustee of Rosetrees Trust, a charitable foundation that supports cutting-edge medical research. In addition, she serves as an expert panel member for the Vivensa Foundation, which funds pioneering science and radical social innovation to support healthy ageing.

She holds a PhD from UCL and is a former Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.