Dr Meghan Kumar

I work in global health and implementation research because it brings together three things that I love: science, people, and a multi-cultural work environment! 

I use a broad range of methods to get at issues around sustainability and systems improvement towards equity in health, with a strong focus on economics and complexity science.

I'm very interested in experience of care (particularly maternity) and how we can use strengths-based and creative approaches to motivate both health workers and health seekers.  I apply these methods with colleagues across a variety of country contexts and sub-national geographies, thinking actively about in transferability of research findings.

I'm currently building a team in this area in Newcastle and very excited to connect to others working in this space looking to collaborate and learn from each other.

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• Measuring the positive potential value of birth in economic evaluation of perinatal interventions, Kumar, M., Berrueta, M., Garcia-Ellorio, E., Puri, M., Hinton, L., Oluoch, D., Marston, C. 20 Jun 2025, In: Frontiers in Global Women's Health
• Donor aid mentioning newborns and stillbirths, 2002–19: an analysis of levels, trends, and equity, Kumar, M., Bath, D., Binyaruka, P., Novignon, J., Lawn, J., Pitt, C. 1 Nov 2023, In: The Lancet Global Health
• Participatory economic approaches in global health evaluations, Kumar, M., Roder-DeWan, S., Nyondo-Mipando, A., Mirzoev, T., Marston, C. 1 Jul 2023, In: The Lancet Global Health
• Cost-effectiveness of community health systems strengthening: quality improvement interventions at community level to realise maternal and child health gains in Kenya, Kumar, M., Madan, J., Auguste, P., Taegtmeyer, M., Otiso, L., Ochieng, C., Muturi, N., Mgamb, E., Barasa, E. 12 Jan 2022, In: BMJ Global Health
• Nothing About Us Without Us: Consolidating Experiences of Maternity Care to Advance Equity, Moxon, S., Graham, W., Filippi, V., Blencowe, H., Doherty, T., Kabakian‐Khasholian, T., Kumar, M., Oluoch, D., Hinton, L. 1 Dec 2025, In: BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

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• Invited talk: Economic evaluation of quality improvement in community health systems: grappling with complexity 2024

Samantha Gayatri Incorporating indigenous conceptualisations of valuing transgender identities into health economic evaluation in Southeast Asia (Thailand case study) Start Date: 01/10/2025