Margaret Elizabeth Kruk

Dr. Margaret Elizabeth Kruk is a Professor of Health Systems at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, part of Harvard University. She previously held roles as Associate Professor at Columbia University and Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on improving health system quality in low-income countries, using implementation science and econometric methods to evaluate large-scale reforms. She chairs the Lancet Global Health Commission on High Quality Health Systems in the SDG Era and directs the QuEST Network, a multi-country initiative to enhance health systems globally.

• Education: MD from McMaster University, MPH from Harvard University.
• Affiliations: Director of QuEST Centers and Network, former roles at UNDP and McKinsey & Company.

Her research interests span healthcare quality measurement, maternal and newborn health, and policy solutions for systemic deficits. Key projects include the People’s Voice Survey on health system performance and mobile phone eCohorts for tracking care quality in LMICs.

Publications highlight maternal health outcomes, vaccination decision-making, and health system confidence across countries. Grants include NIH funding for maternal-newborn health integration with HIV programs in Tanzania.

Twitter: @mkruk