Edwin van Teijlingen earned from the University of Aberdeen a MA Hon. (1986), MEd (1999), and PhD in Medical Sociology (1996). He is a Professor of Reproductive Health Research in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. His work Nepal has resulted in over one hundred papers.  He is also Visiting Professor at Manmohan Memoral Institute of Health Sciences (Nepal), the University of Nottingham (UK), and Nobel College (Nepal) as well as Visiting Faculty in the Centre for Disability Studies, Mahatma Gandhi University (India). His research interests include health systems, maternity care, health promotion, and migrant workers' well-being.