James Bailey

NIHR Doctoral Fellow & Zinc Innovation Fellow 25/26 | General Practitioner

London, England, United Kingdom

About

GP and clinical academic at UCL, where I was recently awarded a PhD (funded by an NIHR Doctoral Fellowship) on suicide risk assessment in primary care, applying predictive modelling to large clinical datasets. My research sits at the intersection of epidemiology, predictive modelling, and risk communication, with a focus on developing and validating models that are methodologically robust, clinically safe, and translatable to practice. I'm currently applying that expertise as an NIHR x Zinc Innovation Fellow at Hertility, building implementable probabilistic diagnostics in a regulated digital health setting. I teach across UCL's undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and serve on the MHRA's CPRD Expert Review Committee. I care about the practical realities of putting models into clinical settings, including the risks, the benefits, and the unintended consequences.

Experience

  • NIHR x Zinc Innovation Fellow 25/26 at Hertility
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • National Institute for Health Research Doctoral Fellow at UCL
    Oct 2022 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos

  • General Practitioner at NHS
    Aug 2022 - Present · 4 yrs

  • NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow in Primary Care at King's College London
    Aug 2018 - Jan 2023 · 4 yrs 6 mos

  • Primary Care Doctor - Registrar at Guy's and St Thomas'​ NHS Foundation Trust
    Aug 2018 - Jan 2023 · 4 yrs 6 mos