Combining frontline clinical practice with research, public engagement and systems change, she has pioneered approaches that bridge health and education and rethink how institutions can respond more holistically to young people’s needs. Her work increasingly examines the impact of digital technologies, screens and social media on development and wellbeing, and the opportunities and challenges emerging technologies present for those who support young people.

Guddi is the founder of WHAM (the Wellbeing and Health Action Movement) and leads the award-finalist Powering Up project, work that saw her named a Global Top 30 Improver by the International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare.

She is also an experienced BBC and Channel 4 presenter and the creator and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Three Ages of Child, bringing an interdisciplinary and deeply human perspective to questions of health, inequality and how systems can serve people better.