Dr. Jamie Forrest PhD, MPH

As CTO of Counterforce AI, I lead the development of Trust Defense as a Service, informed by a health research career that spans clinical trials, data science, and equity and governance in AI-enabled systems. My work focuses on building deployable technology that detects, maps, and responds to AI-amplified threats against institutional trust—turning research insights into real-time operational systems.

That career began with community-driven biomedical and socio-behavioural research grounded in a commitment to equity and local agency. With foundational training in quantitative public health methods, I have consistently centered research around the lived realities of marginalized communities—ensuring that evidence meaningfully serves those it is intended to benefit. Years embedded with Rwanda's Ministry of Health, co-developing and scaling digital health information systems, deepened my understanding of the intersection of technology, data sovereignty, and sustainable innovation in resource-limited settings.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I led global clinical research operations across 22 sites on three continents, generating actionable evidence at unprecedented speed. Those experiences sharpened my view of how the pressure for rapid results can exacerbate inequities in research capacity and governance—especially in low- and middle-income contexts—and drove me toward building adaptive systems that safeguard integrity while promoting equity.

Today, that trajectory converges at Counterforce. My aim is to unite the ecosystem-level perspective gained through years of global health research with practical, deployed technology—helping institutions defend trust and operate resiliently in the face of accelerating digital threats.