Duncan Maru, MD, PhD

Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, and Board Member, Possible; Assistant Professor, Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Assistant Professor, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Staff physician, Complex Care Service, Boston Children's Hospital

Duncan Maru collaborates on grants and implementation research methodologies with Ariadne staff and faculty. He is the co-founder, chief strategy officer, and a board member of Possible, a non-profit health care company that delivers high-quality, affordable health care in rural Nepal on a public-private partnership model. Possible’s staff of approximately 250 cares for over 130,000 patients per year. Dr. Maru oversees the vision and execution of Possible’s work in government partnerships, impact evaluation, and implementation science. Possible has deployed an open-source electronic medical record (EMR) that integrates care from community health care workers to clinics and hospitals. Through this EMR, Possible aims to implement quality improvement practices, perform surveillance, and conduct rapid, low-cost randomized evaluations of delivery innovations.