Priya Balasubramaniam

Dr. Priya Balasubramaniam is a public health specialist with over 17 years of experience in in shaping health system capacity and research in South and Southeast Asia, Africa, the United States and Canada with field-based implementation research as well as in strategic program development in developed and emerging heath markets. Her interests and expertise cover universal health coverage, antimicrobial stewardship, urban health, the private sector and digital technology innovation directed at strengthening mixed health systems in low and middle-income countries. She is a Committee Member of the Leadership in Enhancing Antimicrobial Discovery coalition thaT works to develop leadership and build collaboration to advance science and shape policy for action against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – a focus on antimicrobial drug discovery and stewardship.
As director of the Centre for Sustainable Health Innovations, Singapore she leads the tripartite- Innovations for UHC Collaborative to catalyse south-south partnerships around health systems capacity building in primary health and leveraging low-cost technological innovations and AI in new models of healthcare in Asia and Africa. She is co-founder of the Mutual Learning Platform for Mixed Health Systems launched in 2020 in response to the COVID 19 pandemic- that convenes the private sector and public health sector innovators and stakeholders for evidence sharing and building interventional capacity for stronger health systems. Her work involves integrating social enterprise models, non-state actors, and digital technology innovations to strengthen mixed health systems in low- and middle-income countries.
As Senior Public Health Scientist and Director Strategy, External Partnerships and Growth at the Public Health Foundation of India, she directs the Universal Health Coverage Initiative part of one of India’s seminal health policy exercises on health system reform and was secretariat director for the Government of India’s High Level Expert Group recommendations on universal health coverage, part of the country’s 12th Five Year Plan.