Scholars@Duke
Alvan- Emeka Ukachukwu

Alvan- Emeka Ukachukwu

Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Neurosurgery
alvan.ukachukwu@duke.edu
DUMC 3807, Durham, NC 27710
310 Trent Drive, Room 329, Durham, NC 27710
Office hours On appointment. Send email to alvan.ukachukwu@duke.edu  

Research Interests

  • My current research interests include: building sustainable neurosurgical systems in LMICs, exploring public health aspects of neurosurgery, addressing disparities in neuro-oncological care, assessing the capacity for neurosurgical care, training, and research in Nigeria, global neurosurgery partnerships mapping and sustainability, neuro-cognitive deficits following pediatric TBI, and gene-environment interactions in development of neural tube defects.

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research

Bass Connections Project Grant · 2024 - 2025 PI/Project Team Lead · Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections · $30,000.00
Josiah Charles Trent Memorial Foundation Endowment Fund · January 2023 - December 2024 PI · Awarded by: Duke University · $5,000.00
Bass Connections Project Grant · 2023 - 2024 PI/Project Team Lead · Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections · $25,000.00
Collaborative Project Courses Faculty Fellows Program · 2022 - 2023 Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections · $5,000.00
Bass Connections Project Grant · 2022 - 2023 PI/Project Team Lead · Awarded by: Duke University Bass Connections · $25,000.00
Academic Research Grant · 2020 - 2021 Awarded by: Sawtooth Software Inc. A software access grant to develop a discrete choice experiment for assessing clinician's perceptions on the use of a near-infrared spectroscopy device as a decision-support tool in traumatic brain injury management in Uganda.
Graduate Award for Research and Training · 2020 - 2021 Awarded by: Duke University Center for International & Global Studies (DUCIGS) An award to facilitate international research in Uganda.
Global Health Fellow · 2020 - 2021 Awarded by: Duke Global Policy Program in Geneva
Global Citizens Scholarship Award · 2019 - 2020 Awarded by: MPOWER Finance Partial tuition support for the MSc. in Global Health degree.
Merit Scholarship Award · 2019 - 2021 Awarded by: Duke Global Health Institute/Jack and Caroline Leslie Family Fellowship in Global Health Partial tuition scholarship for the MSc. in Global Health degree.