Duke Health’s Investment in the Future of Global Health
Krishna Udayakumar, Director of the Duke Global Health Innovation Center Duke Health has been a member of the World Economic Forum for the past 10 years, positioning Duke University to play a leading role in addressing the world’s most pressing health concerns. Innovations in Healthcare, a Duke-hosted non-profit that I have the privilege of leading, was incubated through the World Economic Forum in 2009-11 and launched at Davos in 2011. Co-founded by Duke, McKinsey & Company, and the World Economic Forum, Innovations in Healthcare supports the scale and impact of promising innovations. In the past eight years, we have curated a network of 92 innovators who are improving healthcare across the globe, and we have brought together dozens of companies, foundations, and government agencies to build strong partnerships to support these…