Professor Gurch Randhawa

Professor of Diversity in Public Health

Professor Randhawa is Professor of Diversity in Public Health and Director of the Institute for Health Research at the University of Bedfordshire. He is also a Fellow of the UK Faculty of Public Health, the Royal Society of Public Health, and the Royal Society of Medicine. His other roles include Chairman of NHS Luton, membership of the UK Donation Ethics Committee, and a Non-Executive Director of the Human Tissue Authority.

Professor Randhawa is an international expert on the development of patient-centred care pathways in diabetes, kidney disease, transplantation, and end-of-life care amongst diverse communities. He is Co-Chair of the European Working Party on Organ Donation among Diverse Populations; a Member of the UK’s NICE Guidelines Development Group on Organ Donation and is currently serving as Chairman of the Department of Health’s End-of-Life Care for Advanced Kidney Disease Project Board.

He is a recipient of numerous grants from the Department of Health, National Institute for Health Research, Kidney Research UK, Big Lottery Fund, NHS Blood & Transplant and the King’s Fund.