Biography
Mudith is a medical doctor from Sydney, Australia who before coming to Oxford worked both as a junior doctor focussing on neurosurgery and at a large Australian digital health startup developing an asynchronous text-based telemedicine platform. He completed an MSc in Applied Digital Health in his first year at Oxford and is currently working towards a DPhil in Engineering Science based in the Computational Health Informatics Lab. His vision is to continue to fuse fundamental understanding in both medicine and machine learning to build scalable and clinically meaningful solutions that democratise healthcare.
Outside of medicine, Mudith spent many years competing as an elite pole vaulter in track and field and also co-founded Ethical Education, a charity that connects volunteer tutors with means-tested students across Australia. He was also part of the founding team of Project Planet, a not-for-profit building a digital platform to educate society about the challenges and opportunities for ambitious climate action. Mudith's other passions include trail running in the mountains, DIY projects and filmmaking.