Munzer Alkhalil

NextGen Scholar

Research Fellow at the LSE IDEAS Conflict and Civicness Research Group, and the Syria Public Health Network

Dr Munzer Alkhalil is a research fellow at the LSE IDEAS Conflict and Civicness Research Group, and the Syria Public Health Network. His research deeply focuses on health systems, health governance, and aid effectiveness in conflict-affected areas and fragile states.

Alkhalil co-founded several quasi-hybrid health governmental institutions and hospitals in northwest Syria, including the Idlib Health Directorate (IHD) and Alamal Hospital for Orthopaedic Surgery. He led the IHD from 2011 to 2020.

Dr Alkhalil is an orthopedist with an MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the University of London (LSHTM + LSE).

Beyond his work in the medical and research fields, Alkhalil has been actively engaged in social empowerment initiatives, constructing local councils, documenting war crimes and crimes against humanity, and running advocacy campaigns to stop attacks on health facilities and personnel in Syria.