Santosh Kumar, PhD, is a Lecturer of Global Health Economics at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. An applied micro-economist by training, Dr. Kumar is part of the Impact Evaluations and Health Service Delivery Constraints research teams, where he identifies the supply-side and demand-side barriers to effective health care in developing countries.
Before joining the faculty at IHME, Dr. Kumar was a David E. Bell post-doctoral research fellow at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies. At Harvard, he evaluated the impacts of infrastructure projects such as sanitation, rural roads, and rural electrification in developing countries. Dr. Kumar earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Houston and wrote his thesis on the impact of childhood vaccination programs on mortality and fertility. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Delhi University and his Master of Arts in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.
Published Works
Kumar S, Calvo R, Avendano M, Sivaramakrishnan K, Berkman L. Social support, volunteering and health around the world: Cross-national evidence from 139 countries. Social Science & Medicine. 2012; 74(5):696-706.
Kumar S, Vollmer S. Does access to improved sanitation reduce childhood diarrhea in rural India. Health Economics. 2012; DOI: 10.1002/hec.2809.
