Dr Sadok Besrour Professor of Global Primary Health Care

The University is seeking to appoint the inaugural Dr Sadok Besrour Professor of Global Primary Care, from 1 December 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. This post is a statutory chair and the postholder will also become a Senior Fellow of Green Templeton College.

The post is based in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, one of the world's leading academic departments of primary care, and offers an outstanding opportunity for an internationally distinguished academic and clinical leader to establish and direct the newly created Besrour Centre for Global Primary Care. Supported by a generous endowment from the Fondation Docteur Besrour, the Professorship will provide strategic leadership in advancing research, education, policy engagement and capacity building in global primary care, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income countries.

The Professor will lead the develo...