Sudha Sivaram, Dr.P.H.

Sudha Sivaram, Dr.P.H, M.P.H., is a Program Director at the Center for Global Health (CGH). In this capacity, she leads the portfolio of global cancer research training, works with colleagues across the NCI and NIH to develop funding initiatives, and coordinates training and research education programs that seek to build capacity and support career development of early-stage scientists in cancer research in diverse global settings, including leading the development of NCI’s first broad global research training initiative. Dr. Sivaram is a member of several trans-NCI and NIH committees that focus on advancing science in key biomedical research areas such as implementation research in cancer control and obesity and cancer. Dr. Sivaram has received a NIH Director’s Award for her work with the Global Environment and Occupational Health research collaborative and NCI Director's Awards for the Cancer Moonshot Scholars Diversity Program and for Collaborative cancer research in India.

Dr. Sivaram earned her Doctorate of Public Health in epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Following her doctoral degree, she continued at Hopkins serving as Faculty in the Department of Epidemiology where her research in HIV/AIDS and cancer control in south Asia was supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health as well as private non-profit foundations. Employing principles of social science research, epidemiology and implementation research, Dr. Sivaram has led and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and book chapters and is a reviewer for many professional journals.  She serves as a mentor to students in public health and currently serves as an Academic Editor for the journal, PLOS Global Public Health. She recently completed a Fullbright-Nehru academic research fellowship in India whose goal was to work with cancer survivors and their care givers to understand patient-reported measures to improve quality of life during and after cancer treatment.

Key Publications

Sivaram S, Veeraiah S. Listening to Patient and Caregiver Voices to Anchor Global Cancer Control. J Cancer Educ. 2023;38(4):1397-1399. doi:10.1007/s13187-023-02272-1

Sivaram S, Perkins S, He M, et al. Building Capacity for Global Cancer Research: Existing Opportunities and Future Directions. J Cancer Educ. 2021;36(Suppl 1):5-24. doi:10.1007/s13187-021-02043-w