Indian scientist
Taruna Madan Gupta (Hindi: तरुना मदान गुप्ता) (Taruna Gupta), born on 14 May 1968 in New Delhi, is an Indian scientist F and Head of the Department of Innate Immunity[1][2] at the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (NIRRH) in Mumbai, India. She has extensively worked on Aspergillosis[3] and Lung Surfactant Proteins (SP-A, SP-D), with her research now more focused on role of Innate Immunity in host-pathogen interactions.
Education and personal life
Taruna is married to Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Gupta Ph.D. who is an accomplished professional in the area of Medical Device and In Vitro Diagnostic Devices (IVD) and Founder of PUNJ (Psoriasis Undone for New Joy) in India.[4] They have one son, Urit Gupta.[5]
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 (IGIB) (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR), Delhi, India.
- Doctoral and post-doctoral research at Medical Research Council (MRC) Immunochemistry Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (July 1996 - September 1996 and July 2000 - September 2000).
- Scientist "C" [6] in Allergy and Infectious Diseases Department, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR), Delhi, India (2002–2007)
- 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.[7][8] 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.[9][10]
Awards and recognition
Product Development: Developed ELISA kits for detection of Aspergillosis in serum under DBT Task Force
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