Justin Pulford is a Reader in International Public Health and deputy head of the Centre for Capacity Research at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He specialises in research systems strengthening with a particular interest in the overlap between national health and research systems. He also has considerable experience in programme evaluation and implementation research, primarily in the context of infectious disease control and addiction-related research in health service (specialist and non-specialist) and community settings. Justin is a behavioural scientist and has worked extensively throughout the South Pacific and across sub-Saharan Africa.

Justin's focus is on research systems strengthening, research capacity strengthening, health systems strengthening, vector control, addiction research, mixed methods, implementation research, and programme evaluation. 

Justin is a module convenor on Public Health Policies, Programmes and Strategies, and Pharmaceutical Systems Strengthening modules and a contributor on Promoting Health & Improving Health Systems and Quality Improvement for Health in Low Resource Settings modules. He is also the short course lead on the Good Practice in Research Capacity Strengthening course.