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Professor Richard Lilford, CBE FMedSci, is a Professor of Health Services Research at the University of Birmingham's Department of Applied Health Sciences. He serves as Director of the NIHR Applied Research Centre West Midlands (ARC WM), NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Improving Health in Slums, and Director of the NIHR RIGHT programme addressing leprosy and Buruli ulcers in LMICs. His career spans over 40 years in obstetrics, gynaecology, and global health research, with a focus on methodological innovation in clinical trials and health economics.
- Education: MB BCh (1973, South Africa), PhD in Medicine (1984), multiple fellowships (FRCOG, FRCP, FFPH, FRCGP).
- Research Interests: Global health (LMICs), clinical trials, patient safety, health service delivery, Bayesian statistics, and health economics.
His research has produced over 400 publications and secured £35M in grants. Notable contributions include frameworks for evaluating complex interventions and improving health in urban slums. Awards include the CBE (2018) and NIHR Senior Investigator Emeritus Status (2015).
- Key Projects: RIGHT Leprosy Programme, GloSSI predictive model, ePAMS+ antimicrobial stewardship intervention.
- Committee Roles: What Works Trial Advice Panel (UK Government), MRC Global Health Faculty of Experts.
Teaching includes lectures on health economics and patient safety at Warwick Medical School and the Mini-Medical School.
