Taruna Madan Gupta
Taruna Madan Gupta, born on 14 May 1968 in New Delhi, is an Indian scientist F and Head of the Department of Innate Immunity at the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health in Mumbai, India. She has extensively worked on Aspergillosis and Lung Surfactant Proteins, with her research now more focused on role of Innate Immunity in host-pathogen interactions.
Education and personal life
- Bachelor of Pharmacy - Delhi Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research, University of Delhi
- Master of Pharmacy - Delhi Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research, University of Delhi
- Ph.D. - Jointly with Delhi Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research, University of Delhi and Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi.
Professional life
- Post-doctoral research on "Role of lung collections in genetic predisposition to aspergillosis" as Senior Research Associate at Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India.
- Doctoral and post-doctoral research at Medical Research Council Immunochemistry Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- Scientist "C" in Allergy and Infectious Diseases Department, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
- Scientist "F" at NIRRH since 2018
Publications and patents
Taruna M. Gupta is a contributing author on over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has been cited over 3000 times. Most of these articles concern the research of fungal aspergilosis and lung surfactant proteins.She has three patents concerning the identification and treatment of aspergilli.
Awards and recognition
- Received Indo-US Wistemm WIS Fellowship . Under fellowship work was done at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Young Women Bioscientist award from Indian Science Congress Association.
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Young Scientist Award .
- Indian National Science Academy Young Scientist Medal Award .