Director, Institute of Cancer Policy, King's College London
Richard Sullivan is a Cancer & Global Health Professor at King’s College London and Guy’s Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Centre. At King’s, he is the Director of the Institute of Cancer Policy and Director of the Centre for Conflict & Health Research. Richard is the NCD advisor to the World Health Organisation, a Fellow at the Centre for Global Development, and a UK representative to the WHO IARC Scientific Governing Council. His global cancer research programs cover cancer systems strengthening, political economy (value & affordability), pharmaceutical policy, and global cancer surgery, with a special interest in cancer care in conflict. He directs several major research programs in conflict and health, focusing on the Middle East and Sub-Saharan African regions, specifically in health security intelligence and health systems strengthening in conflict. Professor Sullivan was trained in surgical oncology and had a PhD in biochemistry from University College London. He has published over 500 articles, including seventeen Lancet & Lancet Oncology Commissions, and has written extensively on cancer systems strengthening and matters relevant to global health security. Richard was previously Clinical Director of Cancer Research UK for over ten years, a board member of UICC, and past Director of the Council for Emerging National Security Affairs.