Raj G Kumar, PhD, MPH

Dr. Raj Kumar is a neuroepidemiologist focused on studying the health consequences of traumatic brain injury (TBI). He obtained his MPH in Chronic Disease Epidemiology from Yale School of Public Health in 2013, and PhD in Neuroepidemiology from the University of Pittsburgh in 2018. Dr. Kumar expertise is in applying advanced epidemiological methods to neurological populations, particularly TBI.

Dr. Kumar has co-authored over 50 original research articles, reviews, and book chapters in TBI, and has presented his research nationally and internationally in scientific meetings. Dr. Kumar received a competitive K99/R00 Career Development Award from the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research at NICHD/NIH. He is also on the editorial board of the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, and is also co-chair of the Geospatial Special Interest Group of the TBI Model Systems National Database.