
MD SM CHIA FRSPH
Dr Anthony Paulo Sunjaya is a medical doctor originally from Indonesia and currently a Scientia Doctoral Researcher at the Respiratory Division, The George Institute for Global Health, UNSW Sydney and Visiting Researcher at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Imperial College London.
His research focuses on cardiorespiratory diseases, diabetes, multimorbidity, personalised medicine and digital health especially the development and implementation of decision support systems, and empowering patient self-management.
He is currently Convenor of the Primary Care SIG, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand; Vice-Chair of the Digital Transformation Leadership working group in the International Society for Telemedicine and e-Health (ISfTeH), one of two digital health associations with direct affiliation to WHO; President, Postgraduate Council UNSW, and Editorial Advisory Board member of the Annals of Family Medicine. He has also been invited to sit on committees in the Society for Medical Decision Making (SMDM) and International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR).
Beyond research, he is a keen advocate for research translation especially to lower-middle income countries including through co-founding Bantingmed, a culturally appropriate digital diabetes prevention program and being part of the 2022 Group of 20 (G20) Think 20 Taskforce on Global Health and Biosecurity.