DrDavid Wingfield

Professor of Practice

School of Public Health - Faculty of Medicine

  • Professor of Practice
    School of Public Health - Faculty of Medicine
  • Imperial College London, Brain Sciences, 9th floor, UREN building, Wood Lane, London, White City Campus, United Kingdom

BIO

 

I have over 30 years experience as a Principal in General practice in West London and am Director of R&D at Hammersmith and Fulham GP Partnership which covers a population of over 70000 patients. My research interests are in dementia diagnosis and management and improving care through digital technology. I have led the establishment of a large primary care trials unit and am currently PI for around 10 academic and commercial studies. I am the GP research lead for the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre and am building a network of primary care research units across 6 boroughs in NW London. I am also the Joint Director of the NIHR North London Primary Care Commercial Research Delivery Centre which covers all commercial trial activity in these 6 boroughs (1.5m residents). I am an Affiliate member of the UK Dementia Researhc Institute where I base my community focused research in the Care Research and Technology Centre at Imperial College. I have been appointed as Co-Theme lead for technology enhanced Community care in the NIHR BRC re-application 2028-33. 

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor of Practice (Primary Care)
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom1 Sep 2025 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Partner and Director of R&D
    Hammersmith and Fulham Partnership, UK1989 - present

DEGREES

  • MBBS
    University of London, London, United Kingdom1985 - present
  • MA
    University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom1985 - present
  • DM
    University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom2004 - present
  • FRCGP
    Royal College of General Practitioners, London, United Kingdom2004 - present

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Fellow of the British and Irish Hypertension Society
    British and Irish Hypertension Society, United Kingdom1 Oct 2025 - present
  • Affiliate Member of the UK Dementia Research Institute
    UK Dementia Research Institute, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2026 - present

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write, speak and understand

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Medicine

POSITION NAME

  • Professor of Practice

FIELDS OF RESEARCH