Our Team
To run research on a global scale requires the hard work and dedication of a truly global team – here’s the amazing team who make the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery and GlobalSurg projects a reality!
The NIHR Global Health Unit on Global Surgery
The NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery is a consortium between UK Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh & Warwick together with our international partners at hubs and centres around the world
Unit Directors
The University of Birmingham
The University of Edinburgh
The University of Warwick
NIHR Global Surgery Unit International Hubs
Ghana Hub
India Hub
Mexico Hub
Nigeria Hub
Rwanda Hub
South Africa Hub
NIHR Global Surgery Unit International Centres
Benin
Pakistan
Philippines
GlobalSurg National Leads
GlobalSurg projects are open to any hospital, anywhere in the world. Our team of National Leads co-ordinate GlobalSurg studies in their own countries.
| Albania | Arben Gjata |
| Algeria | Ahlam Alghazali |
| Argentina | Maria Marta Modolo |
| Australia (Victoria) | Sebastian King |
| Australia (Queensland) | Erick Chan |
| Azerbaijan | Elgun Samedov |
| Bangladesh | Sayeda Nazmum Nahar |
| Barbados | Ade Waterman |
| Belgium | Dominique Vervoort |
| Benin | Lawani Ismaïl |
| Bhutan | Sonam Kelzang |
| Botswana | Alemayehu Ginbo Bedada |
| Brazil | Bernardo Verdolin |
| Brazil | Ana Gabriela Figueiredo |
| Bulgaria | Manol Sokolov |
| Burundi | Barendegere Venerand |
| Cameroon | Gerald Gekwen |
| Canada | Arnav Agarwal |
| Canada | Anna Dare |
| Chad | Cristian Gallardo |
| Chile | Cristian Gallardo |
| China | Qinyang Liu |
| Colombia | Juan Camilo Correa |
| Croatia | Jakov Mihanovic |
| Czech Republic | Kamila Kuncarova |
| Czech Republic | Julius Orlhami |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Luc Malemo |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | Fadhili Jacques |
| Denmark | Marianne Kristensen |
| Ecuador | Andrés Delgad |
| Egypt | Hosni Khairy Salem |
| Estonia | Jüri Teras |
| Ethiopia | Hailu Wondimu Gebresekkassie |
| Ethiopia | Daniel Asheber |
| Finland | Aristotelis Kechagias |
| France | Alexis Arnaud |
| Germany | Judith Lindert |
| Ghana | Stephen Tabiri |
| Greece | Vassilis Kalles |
| Guatemala | Maria Lorena Aguilera |
| Guatemala | Gustavo Recinos |
| Hungary | Zolt Baranyai |
| Iceland | Atli Steinn Valgarðsson |
| India | Basant Kumar |
| India | Sunil Kumar |
| India | Ca Pramesh |
| India | Phillip Alexander |
| India | Sanoop Koshy Zachariah |
| India | Harish Neelamraju Lakshmi |
| Indonesia | Radhian Amandito |
| Ireland | Christina Fleming |
| Israel | Petachia Reissman |
| Italy | Francesco Pata |
| Italy | ItLuca Ansaloni |
| Italy | Gianluca Pellino |
| Jordan | Ahmed Altibi |
| Jordan | Ibrahim Nour |
| Kenya | Intisar Hisham |
| Latvia | Kaspars Snippe |
| Lebanon | Ali Hallal |
| Lithuania | Donatas Venskutonis |
| Lithuania | Tomas Poskus |
| Lithuania | Justas Zilinskas |
| Libya | Muhammed Elhadi |
| Libya | Ali Ghellai |
| Madagascar | John Whitaker |
| Malawi | Precious Malemia |
| Malaysia | Yong Yong Tew |
| Malta | Elaine Borg |
| Malta | Sarah Ellul |
| Morocco | Fatim Zahra Wafqui |
| Mozambique | Vanda Amado |
| Mexico | Antonio Ramos |
| Namibia | David Borowski |
| Netherlands | Anne Van Dalen |
| New Zealand | Cameron wells |
| Niger | Adamou Harissou |
| Nigeria | Adesoji O Ademuyiwa |
| Nigeria | Wale Adisa |
| Norway | Kjetil Søreide |
| Pakistan | Ahmad Qureshi |
| Paraquay | Helmut Alfredo Segovia Lohse |
| Palestine (West Bank) | Ibrahim Al |
| Palestine (West Bank) | Haya Tahboub |
| Palestine (Gaza) | Osaid Alser |
| Palestine (Gaza) | Saqqa |
| Peru | Sebestian Shu |
| Philippines | Mela Lapitan |
| Poland | Piotr Major |
| Portugal | Antonio Sampaio Soares |
| Portugal | Joana Simoes |
| Romania | Matei Bratu |
| Russia | Andrey Litvin |
| Russia | Armen Vardanyan |
| Rwanda | JC Allen Ingabire |
| Rwanda | Ainhoa Costas |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | Aliyu Ndajiwo |
| Saudi Arabia | Ahmad Gudal |
| Saudi Arabia | Naif Ali Albati |
| Serbia | Jovan Juloski |
| Sierra Leone | Sam Seisay |
| Singapore | Bettina Lieske |
| Slovenia | Miran Rems |
| Somalia | Faisal Ebyachu |
| South Africa (Highveld) | Rachel Moore |
| South Africa (Western/Eastern Cape) | Kathryn Chu |
| South Africa (KZN/Mpumalanga/Eastern Cape) | Yoshan Moodley |
| South Africa (Trainee Co-ordinator) | Stephanie Van Straten |
| Spain | Jaime Ruiz Tovar |
| Spain | Irene Ortega |
| Sri Lanka | Kithsiri J. Senanayake |
| Sri Lanka | Sujeewa Thalgaspitiya |
| Sudan | Omar Abdulbagi |
| Sudan | Anmar Homeida |
| Sweden | Yucel Cengiz |
| Switzerland | Daniel Clerc |
| Syria | Muhammad Alshaar |
| Taiwan | Jim Ou |
| Togo | Ayi Kossigan Amavi |
| Tanzania | Godfrey Sama |
| Tunisia | Hanen Bouaziz |
| Turkey | Yuksel Altinel |
| Uganda | Matthew Doe |
| UK, Northern Ireland | Joshua Clements |
| UK, Scotland | Stephen Knight |
| UK, England | Ella Teasdale |
| UK, England | Rakan Kabaritir |
| Ukraine | Maryna Freigofer |
| United Arab Emirates | Muhammad Umar Younis (Dubai) |
| United Arab Emirates | Sami Salahie (Abu Dhabi) |
| USA | Ijeoma Azodo |
| Uruguay | Gabriela Wagner |
| Uruguay | Ivan Trostchansky |
| Uzbekistan | Saidrakhim Lukmonov |
| Uzbekistan | Bobur Khoshimov |
| Wales | Ahsan Ashfaq |
| Wales | Nabeel Illahi |
| Zambia | Mayaba Maimbo |
| Zambia | David Linyama |