David Gandy

David Gandy is Grants and Contracts Manager for the MORU Tropical Health Network at the University of Oxford, based in Bangkok, Thailand. With more than two decades of experience in research funding, grant management, and international development, he leads a team of pre-award and post-award professionals supporting world-class researchers working on some of the most pressing global health challenges. Over his career at MORU, David has led or supported successful funding applications securing more than US$200 million from major multilateral, bilateral, and philanthropic funders, including Wellcome, the Global Fund, the European Union, the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the Gates Foundation, and multiple U.S. federal agencies. He oversees a large and complex portfolio of research grants and has played a key role in developing sustainable research support systems that enable high-impact scientific collaboration across Asia and beyond. David is particularly comm