Tom Marshall graduated MB ChB from the University of Edinburgh in 1987. He undertook clinical posts in hospitals the UK, South Africa and Gibraltar where he acquired his interest in the wider determinants of health and organisation of health care systems.

Tom Marshall graduated MB ChB from the University of Edinburgh in 1987. He undertook clinical posts in hospitals the UK, South Africa and Gibraltar where he acquired his interest in the wider determinants of health and organisation of health care systems. In 1991 he undertook a MSc Health Economics at University of York. Following this he returned to clinical medicine to complete vocational training in general practice and his MRCGP before specialising in public health medicine in Northamptonshire. During this period he completed his MSc in Public Health, obtained the MFPH and spent a total of one year (in 1996 and 1997) working for the WHO Regional Office for Europe on health care systems and health care reforms in European countries.In 1999 Tom moved to an academic post in public health in University of Birmingham and completed his PhD: an economic evaluation of cardiovascular disease prevention in primary care. In 2003 to 2004 he spent a year as a Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Policy in Harvard Medical School.From 2005 to 2010 he was Programme Director of the University of Birmingham Master of Public Health. He currently acts as an external examiner for the Imperial College London MPH programme.

ethnic group, healthcare, Iran, migrant, research, sampling, studies.