Biography of Tom Kelsey

Tom Kelsey FRSM is a Professor Health Data Science at the University of St Andrews. He is Scientific Director of the Wallace-Kelsey Research Foundation, which conducts data-driven research into the late effects of treatment on survivors of childhood cancer. His work sits at the intersection of medicine, data science, and artificial intelligence. His research spans fertility preservation, reproductive endocrinology, and health data science, with a sustained focus on applying computational methods to clinically important problems. Across his publication record, he has contributed to AI search, web-scale distributed AI search across heterogeneous infrastructures, and a broad range of machine learning and statistical modelling studies in biomedical research.

More recently, his work has increasingly centred on AI in medicine, including large language models, generative AI, and explainable AI for clinical decision support and patient-facing applications. His publications include studies on the use of generative AI for follicle growth monitoring, assessments of locally run and web-based large language models in otorhinolaryngology, and AI-based approaches to personalise assisted reproductive technology and improve clinical outcomes. This combination of methodological depth and translational focus has positioned him as an active contributor to the responsible development and evaluation of AI use in medicine.

He received a B.Sc. degree in mathematics from Heriot-Watt University, an M.Sc. in numerical analysis from the University of Dundee and a Ph.D. degree in computational mathematics from the University of St Andrews, where he continues to work. He has held visiting research positions at the Universidad de la República (Uruguay), The University of Copenhagen (Denmark) and Imperial College (England). He has published over 150 papers, in journals such as The Lancet Oncology, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology and The European Journal of Cancer. He is an Associate Editor for Human Reproduction Update and Frontiers Endocrinology.