Leeds, United Kingdom

Dr Sanjush Dalmia

I am an academic NHS doctor and a fellow at the Centre for British Progress. I was previously a Policy Adviser to Labour’s Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation.

I am on the committees of Labour Digital and the Labour Campaign for International Development. Before that I spent four years on the committee of Scientists for Labour. I write about science, innovation and AI policy from a Labour perspective at White Heat, and about politics, communications and delivery at Productive State.

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Current roles

Specialised Foundation Doctor (Research), NHS
Visiting Researcher, University of Leeds
Fellow, Centre for British Progress
Committee, Labour Digital
Committee, Labour Campaign for International Development

Former roles

Policy Adviser to the Shadow Minister for Science, Research and Innovation, The Labour Party
Science Policy Lead, UK Day One
Executive Director, Polygeia (Global Health Think Tank)
Executive Committee, Scientists for Labour
Scholar, The Healthcare Leadership Academy

Work covered in

Labour List
Politico
Research Fortnight
Times Higher Education
WonkHE
UK Tech News

Labour Politics, Good Growth & State Capacity

Policy and communications strategies to help Labour win elections, evidence-informed policies fit for the modern world but rooted in Labour values, and how Britain can build state capacity to improve delivery.

Science, Innovation & AI

Metascience (the science of science), artificial intelligence (AI), AI for Science, life sciences, innovation, industrial strategy and the national security.

Foreign Policy, International Development and Global Health

International development and global health policy, and the intersections between science, innovation, AI, geopolitics and national security.

Academic Research

Biomedical research spanning bioethics, qualitative and quantitative methods, Cochrane systematic review methods, bioinformatics and CRISPR Cas-9, and clinical and preclinical research across cancer, Alzheimer’s and rare diseases.

Selected Work

2026 A Good Growth Action Plan

An authentically Labour economic strategy built on rising market wages for people living in towns, split into measures deliverable by July 2029 and measures that pay off by 2034.

Productive State 2026 Making the Most of Britain’s AI for Science Strategy

Proposes AI for Science missions on pathogen detection, environmental forecasting and metascience tools, alongside a recognition prize focused on null results.

Centre for British Progress 2023 A Joint Office for Pandemic Security and International Biodefence PDF

Written on behalf of Scientists for Labour for the opposition FCDO and MOD teams, with feedback from RUSI and the Nuclear Threat Initiative and an endorsement from Hilary Benn MP. Quoted by Preet Gill in a Parliamentary debate.

Scientists for Labour