Oscar Lyons
MBChB DPhil
Teaching Fellow
- Programme Director, MSc in Global Healthcare Leadership
- Module Coordinator (Knowledge into Action), Oxford University MSc in Evidence Based Healthcare
- Skoll Early Career Research Fellow
- Research Lead, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM)
- Research Lead, Medical Mediation Foundation (MMF).
Oscar worked as a doctor in Hauora Tairāwhiti (a rural NZ hospital), and Counties Manukau (Auckland) before taking up a Rhodes Scholarship and moving to Oxford for his DPhil in Healthcare Leadership Development.
Oscar’s teaching and research focuses on supporting real-world impact from leadership development in healthcare through impact-focused evaluation.
Recent publications
A journey of leading a healthcare start-up in India: from the National Health Service to a corporate leadership culture
Journal article
Kalra GS. et al, (2025), BMJ Leader
Making evaluations useful for healthcare leadership development programmes
Journal article
Lyons O. et al, (2025), BMJ Leader
Impact and outcomes of the Emerging Leaders Programme: A mixed-methods evaluation of a leadership development programme for healthcare professionals
Journal article
Lyons O. et al, (2025), BMJ Leader
Leadership training in healthcare: a systematic umbrella review
Journal article
Phillipson J. et al, (2025), BMJ Leader
What is the evidence base for leadership coaching for postgraduate medical doctors? A scoping review
Journal article
Day FJ. et al, (2025), BMJ Leader

