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Biography
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.
Research interests
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.
Teaching
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.
Themes
- Community Health and Resilient Health Systems
- Innovation to Impact: Therapeutics, Diagnostics, Vaccines
- Equity and Capacity Research
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Implementation research can enhance health research systems and reduce dependency on external aid
Chunda-Liyoka, C., Pulford, J., Appiah, B., Crossman, S., Nganda, M., Nnodu, O., Osei-Akoto, A., Piel, F., Tancred, T. & Bates, I., 30 Mar 2026, In: PLOS Global Public Health. 6, 3, e0006144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Developing an innovation and enterprise framework for translating UK-driven global health research into commercially viable interventions: the FLIGHT study protocol
Boro, E., McLoughlin, C., Vaughan, T., Velasco, C., Tilokani, L., Prescott, K., Davey, G., Waddell, S. J., Anderson, A., Pulford, J., Peters, C. & Jones-Phillips, B., 13 May 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 5, e0323168.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Eliciting initial programme theories for a health research capacity strengthening initiative targeting African universities: A realist synthesis
Mutua, M., Harding, A., Mukumbang, F. C. & Pulford, J., 20 Aug 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 8 , e0330360.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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What Happens When [Terai] Girls Play? Understanding the Relationship Between Restrictive Gender Norms, Girls' Experiences of Playing Sport in South-Eastern Nepal, and the Factors That Influence Their Participation
Cricket Changemakers (Nepal), Begg, S., Shah, N., Poudel, M., Pulford, J. & Parker, S., 1 Oct 2025, In: Journal of Adolescence. 97, 7, p. 1895-1909 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Articulating the ultimate objectives of research capacity strengthening programmes: Why this is important and how we might achieve it.
Pulford, J., Mutua, M., Bates, I. & Tagoe, N., 8 Aug 2024, In: F1000Research. 13, 909.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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