Monica Lakhanpaul (née Dhir) MBBS MRCPH (UK) DM FRCPCH MFPH FRSA is a British Indian academic, researcher, clinician, broadcaster, science communicator and poet. She is currently Professor of Integrated Community Child Health at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London (UCL) and Honorary Consultant Paediatrician at Whittington Health NHS Trust. She is co-host of UCL 'Unlocking the SDGs: A Blueprint for the Future' podcast and is a regular guest on the BBC World Service's Health Check programme.