DrDavid Wingfield
Professor of Practice
School of Public Health - Faculty of Medicine
- Professor of PracticeSchool 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&DHammersmith and Fulham Partnership, UK1989 - present
DEGREES
- MBBSUniversity of London, London, United Kingdom1985 - present
- MAUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom1985 - present
- DMUniversity of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom2004 - present
- FRCGPRoyal College of General Practitioners, London, United Kingdom2004 - present
CERTIFICATIONS
- Fellow of the British and Irish Hypertension SocietyBritish and Irish Hypertension Society, United Kingdom1 Oct 2025 - present
- Affiliate Member of the UK Dementia Research InstituteUK Dementia Research Institute, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 2026 - present
LANGUAGES
- FrenchCan read, write, speak and understand
FACULTY
- Faculty of Medicine
POSITION NAME
- Professor of Practice