Dr Akbar Ansari

Akbar is a Research Associate at THIS Institute, where he has worked on a variety of quality improvement projects, on topics including primary care, maternity care, and responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Supporting the generation of evidence to improve healthcare quality and safety, his work has explored the use of collaborative methods in healthcare research, the role played by organisational culture in healthcare settings, the mechanisms that enable certain quality improvement interventions to be more effective than others, and the means by which such interventions can be scaled most successfully. 

Akbar studied at the University of Cambridge, from which he has a BA in Archaeology and Anthropology, an MPhil in Modern Society and Global Transformations, and a PhD in Sociology. 

Project/study information

Akbar’s research interests lie in development and use of methodological innovation in the study of healthcare improvement, as well as the application of interdisciplinary research. 

Recruitment of postgraduate students and research staff 

Not currently seeking applicants.