Dr Merlin L Willcox
Academic Clinical Lecturer
Dr Merlin Willcox is an Academic Clinical Lecturer in Primary Health Care. He has worked as a GP in the NHS since 2003 and currently works in a practice in Oxford as well as in the Out of Hours service. His research interests include global health, clinical trials of herbal medicines, and improving care for vulnerable people.
Dr Merlin Willcox is a General Medical Practitioner and Academic Clinical Lecturer at the Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences at the University of Southampton, with research interests in the care of vulnerable people, global health, and traditional (particularly herbal) medicine. He has researched different aspects of primary health care in low-income countries, with a particular focus on child health, malaria and traditional medicines. He led a pilot confidential enquiry into maternal and child deaths in Uganda and Mali from 2011 to 2015. He has been involved in several clinical trials of herbal medicines in Uganda, Madagascar, Mali and the UK and coordinates the RITAM network (Research Initiative on Traditional Antimalarial Methods).
QUALIFICATIONS
BA, Medical Sciences, University of Cambridge, 1995
BM BCh, Medicine and Surgery, University of Oxford, 1998
DPhil, University of Oxford, 2016
Diploma in Child Health, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, London, 1999
Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG, London), 2000
Diploma of the Faculty of Family Planning (RCOG, London), 2002
Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (Royal College of Physicians, London), 2002
Diploma in Genito-Urinary Medicine (Society of Apothecaries, London), 2003
Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (London), 2003
Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (University of Liverpool), 2004
Postgraduate Diploma in Herbal Medicine (University of East London), 2006
Certificate in the Management of Drug Misuse, parts 1 and 2 (RCGP, London), 2009
Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Trials (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine), 2010