Dr. Rachel Moore

Rachel Moore is an academic clinician and global surgery researcher associated with the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery and the GlobalSurg Collaborative. Her work centres on improving perioperative outcomes in low- and middle-income countries, with a strong emphasis on surgical-site infection prevention, antimicrobial resistance, and postoperative mortality. She contributes to large international randomized trials and multicentre cohort studies that shape global surgical policy and practice.

Her publications highlight leadership in major trials such as FALCON, ChEETAh, and PENGUIN, examining infection prevention strategies, perioperative oxygen use, sterile technique, and microbiology capacity. She has advanced understanding of mechanisms of death after abdominal surgery and the burden of multidrug-resistant infections, informing context-specific guidelines and health-system strengthening initiatives.

Moore’s research also explores telemedicine and validated tools for post-discharge wound surveillance, alongside predictive modelling such as the GloSSI score to stratify infection risk globally. Collectively, her work demonstrates expertise in pragmatic trial design, health economics, and implementation science, with sustained impact on surgical quality improvement across diverse health systems.