Nicholas Biswas

Wayward scientist and MD of Inís Communication, helping global health initiatives achieve greater impact and visibility through innovative communications and strategic thinking. My current R&D interests focus around the use of e-learning and social media by diverse global health stakeholders, and development of an artificial intelligence-based knowledge platform to support integrated approaches to sustainable development (lateral search/digital escapology). Previous roles have been with with the World Health Organization, the UN Joint Programme on AIDS, and as co-founder of two nongovernmental organizations. These positions mainly involved development, execution and management of information programmes and communication strategies, as well as writing, editing and design of hundreds of global health-related publications, technical guidelines and policy materials. I have also been Scientific Editor of two popular scientific journals: the British Journal of Haematology and the European Journal of Cancer. I obtained my PhD through research at the University of Wales College of Medicine, studying the molecular mechanisms underlying prostate and breast cancer. In 1990, I switched careers to focus on promoting the public understanding of science and health. I was born in London in 1961, and have worked in over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America. I have been living in Chiang Mai in northern Thailand for the past fifteen years or so.