Radhika Sundararajan

Dr. Radhika Sundararajan is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University. She is a board-certified emergency physician, anthropologist, and implementation scientist with over two decades of experience in global health research, focusing on social determinants of health and healthcare utilization in low-resource settings across sub-Saharan Africa and India.

• Education:
  • MD, New York University School of Medicine (2010)
  • PhD, University of Pennsylvania (2006)
  • BA, State University of New York at Binghamton (1998)
• Research: Her work integrates qualitative and mixed-methods research to evaluate interventions involving traditional healers and community health workers, particularly for HIV testing, hypertension management, and diabetes screening in Uganda, Tanzania, India, Mozambique, and Haiti.
• Key Themes: Social determinants of health, implementation science, pluralistic healthcare systems, and equity-focused interventions.
• Grants: Recipient of NIH/NIMH R01 and K23 awards, NHLBI, NICHD, and American Heart Association grants.
• Publications: Over 15 recent articles (2021-2025) addressing HIV care cascades, healthcare disparities, and innovative global health strategies.