Dr Martilord is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at the Global Surgery Policy Unit (GSPU), Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). A Nigerian (trained) medical doctor, he obtained a PhD in global surgery economics from Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands, and possesses extensive experience in conducting empirical hospital- and community-level studies in sub-Saharan Africa. His research interests lie in surgical systems financing, priority setting and efficient resource allocation in resource-poor settings, and has published in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management, BMC Health Services Research, BMJ Open, Journal of Global Health, PLOS ONE, and BMJ Quality & Safety.

My name is Piero and I am an FY2 at King's College Hospital in London, doing an SFP in Academic Paediatrics. My main research interest is in global surgery, looking in particular at strengthening systems for paediatric surgical care in LMICs. I am currently working with the global surgery groups in Oxford and King's to develop multi-centre studies looking at management of emergency paediatric surgery and congenital anomalies in Sub-Saharan Africa. I'll be applying for CST later this year, after which I'll probably look at joining a PhD programme on global paediatric surgery research.