Center for Global Development.  Visiting Fellow (2006-2007).  Sabbatical leave research on donor priorities in global health. 

MacArthur Foundation.  Principal Investigator (2004-2007).  Research on political priority for maternal mortality reduction in India, Nigeria and globally. 

Immpact (Initiative for Maternal Mortality Program Assessment) (2004).  Research on political priority for maternal mortality reduction in Indonesia. 

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health (2002).  Research on political priority for safe motherhood in Honduras. 

Soka University, Pacific Basin Research Center.  Fellowship. (2000-2001). Research on agenda formation in global health. 

National Security Education Program.  Fellowship. (1995-1998). Dissertation research on bureaucratic politics of public health policy in Indonesia.