Soumya Swaminathan (scientist)
| Soumya Swaminathan | |
|---|---|
| Born |
2 May 1959 Chennai, India |
| Residence | New Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater |
AFMC AIIMS National Board of Examinations University of Southern California |
| Parent(s) |
M. S. Swaminathan Mina Swaminathan |
Soumya Swaminathan is an Indian Paediatrician and Clinical Scientist known for her works in Tuberculosis.[1][2] She is currently positioned as Secretary, Department of Health Research - Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, and Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of Biomedical research.[1][3]
She holds M.B.B.S. from Armed Forces Medical College (India) and M. D. from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, along with a Diplomate of National Board from National Board of Examinations. She subsequently held Post Doctoral Medical Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology at the Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.[3][4]
Personal life
Soumya Swaminathan is the daughter of "Indian Father of Green Revolution" M. S. Swaminathan and Indian educationalist Mina Swaminathan. Soumya has two siblings, Madhura Swaminathan, a professor of economics at the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, and Nithya Swaminathan, a Senior Lecturer in "Gender Analysis" and Development at the University of East Anglia. [5]
Professional career
- Fellowship in Neonatology and Pediatric Pulmonology (1987 - 1989) at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California, USA.
- Research Fellow (Registrar) in the Dept of Pediatric Respiratory Diseases, University of Leicester, UK: 1989-1990.
- Senior Research Officer (Supernumerary Research Cadre), Cardiopulmonary Medicine Unit,
- Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor, Dept. of Public Health and Family Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine[6]
- Director - National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis
Professional Memberships
- Membership, National Academy of Medical Sciences - NBE (Pediatrics)
- Chair, HIV Section, International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases
- Member, International Scientific Advisory Expert Group on Global Tuberculosis (APPG TB)
- Member, Third World Organization of Women Scientists
- Member, International AIDS Committee
- Life Member, Indian Academy of Pediatrics
Membership on Committees
National
- Member, National Editorial Advisory Board, Indian Journal of Pediatrics
- Chair, Indo – Brazil Working Group on Science & Technology
- Member, Indo-US Joint Working Group on Maternal and Child Health, ICMR
International
- Member, International Editorial Board, Clinical Infectious Diseases
- Member, Childhood TB subgroup, DOTS Expansion Working Group, Stop TB partnership
- Member, Tuberculosis Steering Committee, IMPAACT Network, NIH, USA
- Member, International Conference Organizing Committee, International AIDS Society Conference, Rome 2011 and Kuala Lumpur, 2013
Awards
- 1999 Dr. Keya Lahiri Gold Medal for best paper presented, XI National Pediatric Pulmonary Conference
- 2008 Indian Council of Medical Research, Kshanika Oration Award
- 2009 Elected Vice-Chair, HIV section, International Union against TB and Lung Diseases
- 2011 Fellow, Indian Academy of Pediatrics
- 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award, Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists
- 2012 Tamil Nadu Science and Technology Award
- 2012 Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, India
- 2013 Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore
- 2016 ASTRAZENECA research endowment award,NIPER [7]
Research highlights
- Soumya Swaminathan joined the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis in Chennai in 1992 (later became its director). She started a multi-disciplinary group of clinical, laboratory and behavioural scientists studying various aspects of TB and TB/HIV. Swaminathan along with her colleagues were among the first to scale up the use of molecular diagnostics for TB surveillance and care, to undertake large field trials of community-randomised strategies to deliver TB treatment to underserved populations. [8]Most recently she is part of the TB Zero City Project which aims to create "Islands of elimination" working with local governments, institutions and grassroots associations.[9]
References
- 1 2 Nikita Mehta. "Soumya Swaminathan to take charge of Indian Council of Medical Research". http://www.livemint.com/. External link in
|work=(help) - ↑ "Dr. Soumya Swaminathan" (PDF). Indian Council of Medical Research. Retrieved 2015-10-07.
- 1 2 "Podcast: Sentinel Project on Pediatric Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis". The Hindu.
- ↑ "Satyamev Jayate S3 - Ep 4 - TB - The Ticking Time Bomb: What's Going Wrong (Part 2)". satyamevjayate.in.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20060525175319/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/12/30/images/2005123000281101.jpg. Archived from the original on May 25, 2006. Retrieved September 3, 2015. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ ISITE Design. "Soumya Swaminathan, MD, MNAMS". tufts.edu.
- ↑ "Index of /silverjubilee". niper.ac.in. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
- ↑ http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)30008-3/
- ↑ http://www.advanceaccessanddelivery.org/chennai/
