Professor Stanley Luchters is a medical doctor by training . He holds a PhD in Health Sciences. In his, more than two-decade-long, career he has focused on clinical, behavioural, and health systems research with a public health impact across numerous low and middle income countries, including over 12 years spent living and working in sub-Saharan Africa. Professor Luchters is a leading expert in designing and evaluating complex health interventions, with a primary focus on sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health, and assessing intervention effectiveness for vulnerable and key populations (such as sex workers). He has also made the impacts of climate change on health a priority, leading major international projects like the NIH-funded HE2AT Center, and has authored over 180 peer-reviewed publications.