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M-RCBG Senior Fellow-Led Study Group: Roshini Moodley Naidoo

Monday, May 5, 4:15 – 6pm   Ofer-401

Join M-RCBG Senior Fellow Roshini Moodley-Naidoo for a study group assessing the potential of AI technologies to enhance the performance of health care systems, using a series of real world case studies.

This study group / discussion is open to all HUID holders. Registration is not necessary.

M-RCBG welcomes individuals with disabilities to participate in its programs. To request accommodations or ask questions about access provided, please email: mrcbg@hks.harvard.edu


Roshini Moodley Naidoo head shot photo

Dr. Roshini Moodley Naidoo is a globally experienced physician leader, corporate executive, board member, and risk specialist. Dr. Naidoo served as the Executive Head of Health Risk Management at Discovery Health, a publicly listed health care administrator in South Africa, and part of a global health and wellness operating structure in Europe, North America, Asia and Africa. She held financial oversight for 19 health plans and a membership of 3.5 million. Dr. Naidoo led transformative initiatives that shifted transactional fee-for-service health care systems to value-based care platforms through novel provider contracting instruments, risk management strategies, population health programs, and predictive data models. She established a Quality Improvement business function aimed at improving patient engagement and outcomes of care. Dr. Naidoo is a Professor of Practice at the College of Health Solutions, at Arizona State University where she leads a graduate capstone program and instructs in Healthcare Financial Management and Advanced Performance Management. She previously served as the first international Fellow of the patient safety organization, The Leapfrog Group. While at Oxfam America, Dr. Naidoo led a study with The Coca-Cola Company and SABMiller to examine the social and economic impact of corporate policies and operations in global communities. The novel public-private partnership was profiled by the UN Global Compact. Dr. Naidoo is a member of the Harvard affiliated Board of the Africa Academy for Public Health, serving as the Chairperson of the Finance and Administration committee.  Dr. Naidoo previously served as a Director on the Board of Save the Children South Africa, and the Board of Health Quality Assurance (HQA). Dr. Naidoo earned her MBA from Harvard Business School where she served as a Service Leadership Fellow, and her MPH from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Naidoo’s research involves AI enablement of Value-Based Care, population health outcomes, and the use of predictive models in real-time clinical decision making. Her faculty advisor is Joseph Newhouse, John D. MacArthur Research Professor of Health Policy and Management at Harvard University. Email: rmoodleynaidoo@hks.harvard.edu