Dr Lara Shemtob
Work / health / tech / policy / research / teaching
Career
As a physician with expertise in the relationship between work and health, my practice spans occupational medicine and primary care.
I work at Imperial College London in a research and teaching capacity where my areas of interest include occupational health policy and health technology.
I am leading a health informatics research project evaluating ChatGPT vs human expert summarisation of simulated patient electronic health records.
I have completed a Postgraduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching at Imperial College London and am currently completing the Diploma
I am an experienced coach, currently undertaking ILM7 and EMCC accreditation.
Current positions held
Deputy Head of Imperial Occupational Health Group
Honorary Strategic Policy Advisor at the Society of Occupational Medicine
Assistant Editor at the Oxford University Press journal Occupational Medicine
Training
I graduated from UCL Medical School (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) with distinction in 2017 having completed a BSc in neuroscience with first class honours in 2014
I have been selected to pursue competitive academic posts alongside clinical training in a range of London hospitals and primary care settings. First, the Academic Foundation Programme at the Royal Free Hospital (2017-2019) and then Academic Clinical Fellowship at Imperial College London (2019- present)
Blog
I write 500 words on work and health every week
Contactlara@larashemtob.com
Outside of work
I am outdoors as much as possible!