Shweta Bhardwaj is Director, Global R&D & Digital Policy, Worldwide Govt. Affairs & Policy (WWGA&P), Johnson & Johnson. Her focus and expertise include digital/data science policy, cybersecurity, interoperability, health data, AI, and government regulation of new technologies that enable more efficient and accelerated R&D.
Shweta partners within J&J, globally with privacy, Information security, R&D and data science, law department and regulatory teams. Externally, she is involved in shaping digital health, regulatory and health data governance issues, through trade associations such as Global Data Alliance (GDA), BIO, AdvaMed, and IFPMA. She is Chair, Interoperability & Health Data Task force of Asia Pacific Medical Technology Association (APACMed), Member, B20/G20- Brazil Digitalization Task Force, 2024 and Vice Chair- Interoperability Working Group, MedTech Europe.
Shweta holds MSc. in Global Health & Public Policy from the University of Edinburgh (as a commonwealth scholar). In her previous roles, she has worked within MedTech industry, WHO and international non-profits. She is passionate about social impact and engages in J&J’s flagship Talent-for-good programs, which address critical areas in healthy equity, access & social determinants of health.
