Dr Joseph E. Alderman

MBChB FRCA PhD
Anaesthetist,
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust


Dr Joseph Alderman is lead for research and policy at the Bright group, University of Birmingham. His work centres on AI governance: he led the STANDING Together consensus study (tackling algorithmic bias), coordinated the research and engagement programme for the MHRA's National Commission into the Regulation of AI in Healthcare (providing evidence to build a new regulatory framework for AI as a medical device), and has co-created a Health Chatbot User Guide (to help members of the public use these tools safely for health questions). He is an NIHR clinical lecturer, combining research and policy with front-line NHS practice as an anaesthetist.