Professor Martin Bricknell

Professor Bricknell is Professor of Conflict, Health and Military Medicine at King’s College London. Previously he served 34 years in the UK Defence Medical Services, finishing as the Surgeon General of the UK Armed Forces. He undertook operational tours in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans with numerous additional overseas assignments. He was awarded the Companion of the Order of Bath, the Order of St John and the US Bronze Star. He is a specialist in General Practice, Public Health and Occupational Medicine. His multiple academic papers cover: how organisations learn, care pathways in military healthcare, military healthcare ethics, civil-military relations in health, and the political economy of health in conflict. He convenes a MA module in Global Health, Security and War, and co-convenes a MA module in Conflict and Health. He is also Deputy Director of the KCL Centre for Military Ethics, Veterans Adviser for the King Edward VII (Sister Agnes) Charity, Editor-in-Chief of the Military Medical Corps Worldwide Almanac, and on the editorial board for the Journal of Military and Veterans Health. In 2025, he was a member of the UK Strategic Defence Review panel on the Defence Medical Services.