Duncan Maru

Duncan Maru has a diverse work experience in the field of health and medicine. Duncan is currently serving as the Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of Equitable Health Systems at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene since September 2021. Before that, they worked as an Associate Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai starting from July 2018.

Maru has also been involved in various organizations and initiatives. Duncan co-founded and served as a board member for Possible Health, a healthcare organization focused on providing transparent and data-driven healthcare for Nepal's rural poor. Duncan held this role since March 2006. Additionally, they were a co-founder of the Equity Editors' Association, a network of socially conscious medical, scientific, and technical editors contributing to global health through professional editing. Duncan held this position from 2006 to 2012.

Their previous experience includes working at Brigham and Women's Hospital as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Global Health Equity, where they served from October 2013 to July 2018. Duncan also participated in the Global Health Equity Residency Program at the same hospital from June 2009 to September 2013. Furthermore, Maru worked as a Physician at both Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School from October 2013 to July 2018.

Maru began their career as a Resident Physician in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at Harvard Brigham and Women's/Children's Hospitals, starting in 2009 and concluding in September 2013. Duncan also conducted research at the Yale AIDS Program from 2003 to 2008 and at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi from 2004 to 2006.

Duncan Maru's education history begins in 1998 when they enrolled at Harvard University. Duncan pursued a Bachelor's degree in Biology and completed their studies in 2002.

In the same year, Duncan Maru joined the Yale School of Public Health and the Yale University School of Medicine. Duncan engaged in a PhD program at the Yale School of Public Health, focusing on the Epidemiology of Microbial Disease. This program lasted from 2002 to 2009, resulting in him earning a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree.

Simultaneously with their PhD studies, Duncan Maru pursued a combined MD/PhD program at the Yale University School of Medicine. However, no specific field of study was mentioned for this program. This dual-degree program also lasted from 2002 to 2009.

Overall, Duncan Maru accomplished their bachelor's degree in Biology from Harvard University and completed both a PhD in Epidemiology of Microbial Disease from the Yale School of Public Health and an MD/PhD from the Yale University School of Medicine.