Dr Matt Kearney is a Senior Advisor at UCLPartners supporting the spread of innovations to transform prevention of heart attacks and strokes. He is the founder of several major innovations including CVDACTION (a smart data tool to enable a step change in CVD prevention in real world primary care), CVDprevent (the national primary care audit), Size of the Prize, and the award winning Proactive Care Frameworks.
From 2016-2019, Matt was National Clinical Director for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and led development of the NHS Long Term Plan CVD Prevention Programme. He also practices as a GP in Shropshire.
Previously, Matt worked as advisor to the Department of Health respiratory programme, and was a member of the NICE Public Health Interventions Advisory Committee from 2005 to 2013. He has a Master’s degree in Public Health and is a Fellow of the Royal College of GPs and Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.