Matthew Harris is an Academic Clinical Lecturer in Public Health at Imperial College London and Public Health Specialist Registrar in the NHS. Since qualifying in Medicine from University College London, he has worked for several years in Brazil, Ethiopia and Mozambique in a variety of primary care and public health positions.

He obtained his PhD in Public Health from Oxford University in 2009 which focused on the role of strategic planning in International Non-Governmental Development Organisations. Matthew's current activities cover a few broad areas including Integrated Care, The Community-Primary Care interface, Primary Care access and its relationship to Emergency Department utilisation in the UK, International Health policy and bilateral engagement and teaching.