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Krishnakumar Udayakumar

Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health
Duke Global Health Institute
710 West Main Street, Second Floor, Durham, NC 27701
710 West Main Street, Second Floor, Durham, NC 27701

Selected Grants


Health Trust Initiative

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · 2024 - 2025

PIPP Phase I

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2022 - 2025

Market Dynamics Ecosystems Thought Leadership (META)

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Linksbridge SPC · 2023 - 2023

USAID Philippines Improved Health for Underserved Filipinos

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2018 - 2023

Scale and Sustainability Portfolio Review

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Grand Challenges Canada · 2022 - 2023

Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development - USAID BAA-Global Health-2016, Addendum 3

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Agency for International Development · 2018 - 2023

The Social Entrepreneurshjp Accelerator: An Ecosystem Approach to Funding & Scaling the Impact of Innovations in Healthcare Delivery and Prevention

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Agency for International Development · 2012 - 2022

Improved Health Outcomes Through Big Data

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by BroadReach Healthcare · 2016 - 2021

ACS Country Project

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Results for Development Institute · 2017 - 2020

BAA-GLOBAL HEALTH-2016 - Support for Saving Lives at Birth: A Grand Challenge for Development Addendum 03

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by US Agency for International Development · 2018 - 2020

Peer-Based Duke-IITGN Research Partnership

Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Research Triangle Institute International · 2015 - 2016

External Relationships


  • Amazon
  • Duke Corporate Education
  • MAK Advisors LLC
  • WeberShandwick
  • Wolfspeed, Inc.

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