James Leigh

James is a Medical Doctor, Rhodes Scholar and Clarendon Scholar from Perth, Western Australia. He recently completed the MSc in Applied Digital Health at Oxford where his dissertation focused on the health economics of automated diabetic retinopathy screening in rural Western Australia. James will continue his research as a DPhil student conducting an implementation and process evaluation of artificial intelligence-enabled retinal disease assessment in Aboriginal Medical Services of Western Australia. 

James has published multiple papers relating to rural and remote health; peri-operative medicine; COVID-19 and has presented at several state and national conferences. He also attended the World Health Assembly in Geneva, hosted by the United Nations as an Australian Youth Representative in 2019. In this role he completed a policy fellowship regarding food insecurity and diabetes mitigation in remote Australian communities. During medical school James co-founded Western Australia's first student-led research collaborative, STRIVE WA, which is one of the largest nationwide. He also worked with the Centre for Aboriginal Studies for several years as a medical tutor through the Indigenous Tutorial Assistance Scheme. As an undergraduate James was recognised for academic, leadership, community and sport contributions as a dual scholarship recipient, receiving the Don Watts and Global Voices scholarships.