Keith Moffat

Dr

  • School of Medicine, Medical & Biological Sciences, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9TF, UK

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Research overview

Dr Keith Moffat has been an academic general practitioner since 2014, with interests in health informatics, healthcare system modelling, trials and machine learning. 

He has held academic GP fellowship positions at the University of Glasgow where he was clinical lead for the Scottish arm of the 3D multimorbidity trial.  He also contributed to systematic reviews on hypertension and asthma and publications on multimorbidity.

Keith recently completed his PhD at St Andrews on predicting recruitment to trials using machine learning. 

He supervises undergraduate and postgraduate students at St Andrews. 

Keith works at St Andrews on a Monday as an academic fellow in general practice.   

Other expertise

Keith works as a salaried GP in NHS Ayrshire and Arran and holds substantive roles as GP advisor and clinical informatician with NHS National Services Scotland.  As part of this, Keith co-leads the national in-hours general practice activity project that publishes GP activity on a monthly basis.  He is lead prescriber on the national Digital Prescribing and Dispensing (DPDP) programme which will digitise prescriptions in general practice.  He also leads work in the primary care data and intelligence platform (PCDIP) which will provide streamlined access for approved users to general practice data.   

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy, Health Informatics, University of St Andrews

Oct 2017Dec 2024

Award Date: 3 Dec 2024

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Glasgow

Award Date: 1 Jul 2008

Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience, University of Glasgow

Award Date: 3 Jul 2006

External positions

General Practitioner, Marnock Medical Group

Jan 2024 → …

Clinical Informatician, NHS National Services Scotland

Jan 2019 → …

GP Advisor, NHS National Services Scotland

Jul 2017 → …

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  • ADEGS 2019

    van Beusekom, M. M. (Member of organising committee) & Moffat, K. R. (Course leader)

    26 Jan 2019

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