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Taruna Madan Gupta
Born	New Delhi
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology , Medical Research Council (UK)
Known for	Aspergillosis and innate immunity
Awards	Indo-US Wiestemm WIS Fellowship 2019 CSIR Young Scientist Award & INSA Young Scientist Award
Scientific career
Fields	Innate immunology , Biological Sciences
Institutions	National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health , NIRRH-ICMR
Doctoral advisor	Dr. P. Usha Sarma

Taruna Madan Gupta ( Hindi : ????? ???? ?????? ) (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 [ edit ]

• Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.) (year 1989, Gold Medallist) - Delhi Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (DIPER), University of Delhi
• Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm.) (year 1991, Gold Medallist) - Delhi Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (DIPER), University of Delhi
• Ph.D. - Jointly with Delhi Institute for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (DIPER), University of Delhi and Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi .

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 [ edit ]

• 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 [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

• Received Indo-US Wistemm WIS Fellowship (IUSSTF) (2018). Under fellowship work was done at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
• Young Women Bioscientist award from Indian Science Congress Association (2004).
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Young Scientist Award ^[11] (Category -Life Sciences) (Year 2003).
• Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Young Scientist Medal Award (Category -Medical Sciences) (Year 1998).

Product Development: Developed ELISA kits for detection of Aspergillosis in serum under DBT Task Force

References [ edit ]