Kara Burns

Dr Kara Burns is an experienced health professional working across digital health, research, business development, innovation and clinical care. Currently Dr Burns is an Academic Specialist in Digital Health, leading a team of researchers who specialise in early-stage project and partnership development, in the Centre for Digital Transformation of Health at The University of Melbourne. She has 20 years' experience of digital health innovation and an ability to shape value propositions that translate to emerging health priorities. Dr Burns exclusively conducts research in health technology, with a specific interest in early-stage innovations, evidence generation, consumer involvement and digital health equity. She is an early career researcher and has a growing track record of grant success ($2.175M career total) and regularly publishes in JMIR the highest ranked journal in for digital medicine and health and health care in the internet age (IF 7.4).