Andrew Simpson
Principal Clinical Scientist · Clinical Scientific Computing & Informatics
About
Andrew Simpson is a Principal Clinical Scientist (HCPC-registered, Route II — Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering) and Lead for Clinical Scientific Computing & Informatics (CSCI) at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, within the Radiotherapy Physics and Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering division. He is a Chartered Engineer (CEng MIPEM via IPEM), a member of the British Computer Society (MBCS), and a designated Digital Clinical Safety Officer. His work sits at the intersection of healthcare science, medical physics, software engineering and clinical safety, with a focus on clinical systems governance, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) and healthcare AI.
He is currently undertaking the NHS Higher Specialist Scientist Training programme (HSST) alongside a Doctor of Clinical Science (DClinSci) at the University of Manchester, training towards becoming a consultant clinical scientist. His clinical experience spans neurosciences, critical care, respiratory medicine, sleep medicine, clinical engineering, radiotherapy and medical physics.
Background
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science, Teesside University (2011)
- MSc by Research, Computer Science, University of York — software engineering and human-computer interaction
- Certificate of Attainment in Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering, Association of Clinical Scientists (Route II) — medical physics, physiological measurement and computing
- First-year Medical Physics STP MSc modules, Newcastle University
- Doctor of Clinical Science (DClinSci), University of Manchester — in progress
- Prior clinical work in neurosciences, sleep medicine and respiratory medicine, including development of the NHS Sleep Cloud software
- Former Chair, BCS Teesside and District Branch
Expertise
- Clinical Scientific Computing & Healthcare Informatics
- Software as a Medical Device (SaMD) & Digital Clinical Safety
- Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering
- Healthcare AI
- Scientific software development — C#, .NET, Entity Framework, SQL Server
- Clinical data platforms & healthcare science leadership
Vision
Andrew's professional ambition is to help shape the future of healthcare science by combining advanced computing, software engineering and clinical practice — bridging clinical practice and technology to help organisations realise the benefits of data, software and digital innovation while maintaining patient safety and scientific rigour.
Elsewhere
Personal website University of Manchester profile ORCID ResearchGate LinkedIn GitHub