Dr Ruby Wang is a clinician, strategist and writer working across health, technology, policy and global governance. Born in China and raised in the UK, she brings together clinical, policy and personal experience of health systems across borders.

She trained in medicine at Cambridge, Oxford and University College London, including a master’s in neuroscience and psychology, and completed another master’s in global affairs at Tsinghua University as a Schwarzman Scholar. She has worked on healthtech and policy alongside clinical practice in the UK’s National Health Service, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, she served as Head of Health for the UK Government in China and as Health Advisor to the United Nations in Beijing. She is founder of LINTRIS Health consultancy, Digital Health Council at the Royal Society of Medicine, Fellow on Global Health at the Asia Society and editor at ChinaHealthPulse, a newsletter and podcast that diagnoses the global impact of China’s health.

Foreword by Kerry Brown
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Introduction. The Global Stakes

1. Crisis and Culture
2. Biotech Powerhouse
3. Digital Health Revolution
4. The Human Side
5. Institutions of Power
6. Across Borders

Conclusion. Looking Ahead

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