Martin Bricknell CB OStJ

Professor Bricknell took up his appointment as Professor in Conflict, Health and Military Medicine at King’s College London in April 2019 to build a focus for research into civil-military relations in global health systems. Prior to this he served 34 years in the UK Defence Medical Services, culminating his service as the Surgeon General of the UK Armed Forces. He undertook operational tours in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans with multiple additional overseas assignments. In 2010 and 2006, he held senior Medical Adviser appointments in the NATO ISAF mission. He commanded 22 Field Hospital in 1999-2002. He was awarded the Companion of the Order of Bath, the Order of St John and the US Bronze Star during his military service. He has trained as a general practitioner and is an accredited specialist in both Public Health and Occupational Medicine. He holds two Doctorates and 3 Masters degrees. He has published over 100 academic papers across military medical subjects. He is especially interested in how organisations learn, care pathways in military healthcare, and the political economy of health in conflict. 

Research Interests

• Healthcare
• Public Health
• Conflict and Security
• International affairs and development 

Subject areas

• Political economy of military health systems in crisis environments
• Organisational and clinical learning from caring for casualties from contemporary conflict(s)
• Caring for military patients through their life course
• Building military clinical sciences research capacity and capability 

Publications

• Bricknell, M., & Lin, C-Y. (2022). Case Study United Kingdom: Civil-military Cooperation for the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic in the United Kingdom. In D. Braun, & A. Stelzner-Doğan (Eds.), The Role of Armed Forces in the Covid-19 Pandemic (pp. 76-100). Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. https://www.kas.de/documents/252038/16166715/The+Role+of+Armed+Forces+in+the+Covid-19+Pandemic.pdf/7af80f5f-6616-5fd7-3759-54285c77407d?version=1.1&t=1658934540891
• Combined Health Services Support Operations, Bricknell, M. C. M: in Fundamentals of Military Medicine, 2019. O'Connor, F. Shoomaker, E. & Smith, D. (eds.). San Antonio: Borden Institute, p. 193-201 (Textbook of Military Medicine). https://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/borden/bookDetail.aspx?ID=a875991f-3640-4cab-afa5-66f02f917333&pageTitle=Fundamentals%20of%20Military%20Medicine
• Bricknell M and Story R. An Overview to Military Medical Ethics. Journal of Military and Veterans Health. 2022;30(2):7-16 at: https://jmvh.org/article/an-overview-to-military-medical-ethics/
• Bailey Z, Mahoney P, Miron M, Bricknell M. Thematic Analysis of Military Medical Ethics Publications From 2000 to 2020—A Bibliometric Approach. Military Medicine. 2021 Jul 9. https://doi-org.eres.qnl.qa/10.1093/milmed/usab317
• Gad M, Kazibwe J, Quirk E, Gheorghe A, Homan Z and Bricknell M. Civil–military cooperation in the early response to the COVID-19 pandemic in six European countries. BMJ Mil Health Published Online First: 30 March 2021. doi: Gad M, Kazibwe J, Quirk E, Gheorghe A, Homan Z and Bricknell M. Civil–military cooperation in the early response to the COVID-19 pandemic in six European countries. BMJ Mil Health 2021;167:234-243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001721
• Leone R, Whitaker J, Homan Z, Bandelkow L, Bricknell M. Framework for the evaluation of military health systems. BMJ Mil Health Published Online First: 22 February 2021. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001699
• Bricknell M, Horne S. Personal view: security sector health systems and global health. BMJ Mil Health Published Online First: 30 September 2020. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001607
• Bricknell M, Hinrichs-Krapels S, Ismail S, Sullivan R. Understanding the structure of a country’s health service providers for defence health engagement. BMJ Mil Health. Published Online First: 04 June 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjmilitary-2020-001502
• Bricknell M, Homan Z and Lin C-L. The Military Instrument of Power and Pandemics: A Long-Term Perspective. Pages 86-101. In Pandemics and International Security: The Outlook for NATO. Eds. Lucarlelli S, Marrone A and Moro F. (2022) Instituto Affari Internazionale, Rome. Available at: https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/pandemics-and-international-security-outlook-nato
• Meyer C, Bricknell M, Pacheco Pardo R. How the COVID-19 crisis has affected security and defence-related aspects of the EU: Part II - In Depth Analysis. 2021. 46 p. https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/IDAN/2021/653623/EXPO_IDA(2021)653623_EN.pdf
• Bricknell, M, Gad, MM, Homan, Z, Gheorghe, A, Quirk, E & Kazibwe, J 2021, An Analysis Of The National Responses To The COVID-19 Pandemic Through The Lens Of Medical Military Support Requirements. vol. 4, 5 edn, NATO Allied Command Transformation, Norfolk, Virginia. https://issuu.com/spp_plp/docs/an_analysis_of_the_national_responses_to_the_covid?fr=sNmM5ZTQ2NTIzNzQ

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