The NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery
Improving surgical outcomes through collaborative research
Our Teams
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
Professor Dion Morton OBE
Co-Director
Professor Stephen Tabiri
Co-Director
University of Birmingham
Mr Aneel Bhangu
NIHR Lead Clinician Scientist
Ms Lucy Caton
Programme Manager
Dr Audrey Nganwa
Programme Manager
Ms Belinda San
Senior Administrator
Mr Brett Dawson
Data Manager
Mr Michael Bahrami-Hessari
Patient, Public and Community Involvement and Engagement Manager
Mr Alex Bell
Finance Officer
Dr Laura Magill
Senior Lecturer in Clinical Trials
Professor Thomas Pinkney
George Drexler & Royal College of Surgeons Chair of Surgical Trials
Ms Rachel Lillywhite
Team Leader – Global Surgery Trials
Ms Donna Smith
Senior Trial Manager
Mrs Divya Kapoor
Senior Trial Manager
Mr James Keatley
Project Manager
Dr James Glaseby
Academic Clinical Lecturer
Dr Joana Simoes
Clinical PhD Fellow
Dr Elizabeth Li
Academic Clinical Lecturer
Dr Virginia Ledda
Clinical PhD Fellow
Dr Sivesh Kathir Kamarajah
Clinical PhD Fellow
Dr Maria Picciochi
Clinical PhD Fellow
Dr Dimitri Nepogodiev
Academic Clinical Lecturer
Professor Richard Lilford
Professor of Public Health
Professor Tracey Roberts
Professor of Health Economic and Head of Health Economics Unit
Mr Mwayi Kachapila
Research Associate in Health Economics
Mr Bryar Kadir
Senior Statistician
Dr Omar Omar
Senior Statistician & Epidemiologist
Ms Felicity Brant
Senior Data Manager
University of Edinburgh
Professor Ewen Harrison
Professor of Surgery and Data Science
Dr Katie Shaw
Programme Manager
Dr Riinu Ots
Senior Data Manager
Dr Stephen Knight
Clinical Research Fellow
Dr Lisa Norman
Research Assistant
Dr Tom Drake
Clinical Research Fellow