Dr. Martilord Ifeanyichi

Biography

Martilord Ifeanyichi is a medical doctor and health systems economist specializing in pharmacoeconomics. He is an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow at LSE Health. His research interests are centered on the economics of dynamic complexities in surgical systems, particularly in low to middle-income countries. He possesses extensive field experience conducting empirical studies at both hospital and community levels in sub-Saharan Africa. He has published articles in prominent journals such as the International Journal of Health Policy Management, BMC Health Services Research, BMJ Open, Journal of Global Health, PLOS, and BMJ Quality & Safety. Martilord began his career as a medical officer in both urban and rural settings in Nigeria, and this experience has greatly influenced his focus on health systems economics and policy. His professional background includes serving as a junior researcher at Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, Netherlands, and working on the SURG-Africa project, a European Union-funded initiative aimed at improving the delivery of safe and timely surgeries in district hospitals across Malawi, Zambia, and Tanzania. He has also worked as a freelance health systems research consultant and as an associate research consultant at Strategic Market Access Centre of Excellence in Open Health Evidence Access, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

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