Marko Kerac is a paediatric and public health doctor by background and has worked in global health for over 20 years. His focus areas include severe malnutrition (with a particular focus on infants); long-term outcomes/non-communicable disease post malnutrition; disability. He initially trained in paediatrics in Plymouth and London. After gaining MRCPCH in 2001 he left the NHS in 2003 to volunteer for a year as a paediatric registrar/honorary clinical lecturer at the College of Medicine, Malawi. Following a 2004-5 LSHTM MSc (PHDC) he returned to Malawi from 2005-8, again combining clinical work, teaching and this time his Ph.D. research into "Improving the Treatment of Severe Acute Malnutrition in Childhood". From 2009-2014 he was a specialty registrar in public health in London, gaining his MFPH (Member of the Faculty of Public Health) qualification in 2011 and becoming a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health (FFPH) in 2014 upon completing CCT (Certificate of Completion of Specialty Training). During training, he also held academic posts which allowed him to maintain and develop international work alongside UK practice.