Jahangir Alom
Member since 2023
I joined the UK Young Academy to meet like-minded individuals from across sectors and communities with the mutual goal of improving the society we live in.
Bio
Jahangir Alom gained his primary medical qualification at the University of Southampton. He holds an MSc in Public Health from The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he researched the experience of British Bangladeshis during the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. He is a board member at the Institute of Public Policy Research, a Westminster think tank and a Governor at Stepney All Saint School, a non selective state school in East London. In his free time he has completed the London and Tokyo Marathon to raise funds for a global health charity, Selfless, where he is the Programme Director.
He was a recipient of an NHS Parliamentary Award (London) for his work on tackling vaccine inequality and was ranked in the top 100 influential healthcare leaders in 2022 by the Health Service Journal. In the New Years Honours 2024, Jahangir received a British Empire Medal for services to tackling health inequalities.
