{"id":502,"date":"2020-10-21T17:59:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T14:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cre8ivedge.net\/dev\/sbs4\/?p=502"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:50:23","slug":"dr-pratap-kumar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/en_gb\/dr-pratap-kumar\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Pratap Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dr. Pratap Kumar<\/strong>
\nMedical Doctor, Neuroscientist and Health Economist<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Dr. Pratap Kumar is a medical doctor, neuroscientist and health economist.<\/h3>\n

He studied medicine in the Goa Medical College, India and practised in Goa and Bangalore both in rural healthcare settings as well as a resident doctor in neurology.<\/h4>\n

He obtained an MPhil in Neurophysiology from NIMHANS, India\u2019s premier institution for neuroscience, where he published research on the interactions between sleep and seizure mechanisms.<\/h5>\n

Dr. Kumar obtained a PhD in Neuroinformatics from the Inst. of Neuroinformatics, University\/ETH Zurich, Switzerland, and conducted postdoctoral research at the Free University in Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

His doctoral and postdoctoral research focused on the anatomical, physiological and molecular bases of communication between neurons in the somatosensory cortex.<\/p>\n

He obtained an MSc in International Health Policy (Health Economics) from the London School of Economics and has worked as a health economist in the pharmaceutical industry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Qualifications<\/h3>\n<\/div>

MPhil in Neurophysiology from NIMHANS, India\u2019s premier institution for neuroscience.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

PhD in Neuroinformatics from the Inst. of Neuroinformatics, University\/ETH Zurich, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Postdoctoral research at the Free University in Berlin, Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

MSc in International Health Policy (Health Economics) from the London School of Economics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

He has received numerous awards, most recently the \u2018Stars in Global Health\u2019 award from Grand Challenges Canada. He also founded the Centre for Innovation, Research and Advisory Services \u2013 Health at the Inst. of Healthcare Management in Strathmore Business School.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

He moved to Kenya in 2012 to found Health-E-Net, a social enterprise aiming to make remote consultations accessible to all patients and healthcare providers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

To contact Dr. Pratap, send an email to:<\/strong> pkumar@strathmore.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>