Tim Baker

Tim Baker serves as Associate Professor at Karolinska Institutet with concurrent positions at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (Tanzania), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Queen Mary University of London. As a critical care physician and anaesthesiologist, he directs global research initiatives focused on emergency care systems in resource-limited settings.

His research centers on health systems innovations for critical care delivery, particularly examining gaps in essential emergency interventions across African hospitals. Work emphasizes practical solutions for oxygen therapy access, circulatory stabilization, and airway management in general wards where 69% of critically ill patients receive treatment outside intensive care units.

Current publications analyze continent-wide critical illness outcomes, revealing that 12.5% of African hospital inpatients are critically ill with one in five dying within a week due to treatment gaps. Research demonstrates 48-54% coverage for basic life-saving interventions like oxygen therapy and fluid resuscitation.

Baker actively consults for WHO, World Bank, UNICEF, and USAID while leading the EECC Global Network. He secures research funding from Wellcome Trust and National Institute for Health and Care Research to develop implementable critical care frameworks for universal health coverage systems.