Radhika Lu Sundararajan, PhD, MD

Highlights

1
The Lancet. Global health · 2021
RLRadhika Lu Sundararajan MHMyung Hee Lee DWDaniel W. Fitzgerald
PMID: 34678199PMCID: PMC8562591DOIFirst author45 citations
2
BMJ open · 2020
RLRadhika Lu Sundararajan
PMID: 32317259PMCID: PMC7204928DOIFirst author62 citations
3
AIDS and behavior · 2022
MHMyung Hee Lee RNRob N. Peck RLRadhika Lu Sundararajan
PMID: 35553286DOISenior author5 citations

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8 grants

Co-I
Coaching and Navigation by CHWs through Telehealth for High-risk Hypertension - Foreign Subsite Supplement
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2024–2029
R33HL172268-02S1
Co-I
Coaching and Navigation by CHWs through Telehealth for High-risk Hypertension
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2024–2029
R61HL172268-01
MPI
A type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation trial of Community Health Workers to improve screening for postpartum diabetes in urban slums of India - Foreign Subsite Supplement
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2023–2028· 3 renewals
R01HD112141-04S2
Co-I
Implementing Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after Acute Ischemic Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack
American Heart Association · 2025–2028
AHA 250424-01
Co-I
Engaging Religious Leaders to Reduce Blood Pressures in Tanzanian Communities
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute · 2022–2027
R01HL161673-01
MPI
LOC - IMPAACT Leadership Group
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases · 2026–2026 · via The Johns Hopkins University
UM1AI068632-20
PI
Omuyambi: Traditional Healer Support to Improve HIV Viral Suppression in Rural Uganda - Foreign Subsite Supplement
National Institute of Mental Health · 2023–2026· 2 renewals
R01MH132440-04S1
Sub-PI
Improving HIV testing among Children under five in Rural Uganda
National Institute of Mental Health · 2024–2026 · via University of California, San Francisco
R21MH135815-02

Completed grants (1)

PI
Expanding HIV testing among Ugandan adults who utilize traditional healers
National Institute of Mental Health · 2018–2022Career· 2 renewals
K23MH111409-01

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3 studies

PI
Improving HIV testing among Children under five in Rural Uganda
University of California, San Francisco · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2026)
PI
ED Discharge Redesign-qualitative assessment on patient and provider experiences
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2024)
PI
Omuyambi: Traditional healer support to improve HIV viral suppression in rural Uganda
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · OPEN TO ACCRUAL (as of 2023)

Completed & closed trials (3)

PI
Understanding the impact of Covid-19 on women in the global healthcare workforce: a mixed methods study
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · CLOSED TO ACCRUAL (as of 2025)
PI
A novel approach to community-based HIV testing with traditional healers in Mwanza, Tanzania
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2022)
PI
ED STAT (Emergency Department Sars-Cov2 menTal health AssesmenT): _x000D_ a mixed methods pilot study
Weill Medical College of Cornell University · IRB STUDY CLOSURE (as of 2021)

Ritu Banga Healthcare Disparities Research Awards Support Innovative Science
May 22, 2025
Four Weill Cornell Medicine investigators received the Ritu Banga Healthcare Disparities Research Awards, recognizing innovative research that will help close care gaps in clinical settings.
Partnering with Traditional Healers Improves Uptake of HIV Tests in Rural Uganda
October 19, 2021
Collaborating with traditional healers to deliver point-of-care HIV tests to individuals in rural Uganda quadrupled testing rates compared with standard referrals to HIV clinics.