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'''Sunetra Gupta''' (born March 1965) is an Indian infectious disease epidemiologist and a professor of theoretical [[epidemiology]] at the [[University of Oxford]], England. She has done research on the transmission dynamics of various infectious diseases, including [[malaria]], [[influenza]] and [[COVID19]]. Gupta is also a novelist and a recipient of the [[Sahitya Akademi Award]]. |
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Sunetra Gupta was born in March 1965 in [[Calcutta]], [[India]], as the daughter of Dhruba and Minati Gupta.<ref>{{Citation |
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⚫ | }}</ref> She trained in biology, holding a bachelor's degree from [[Princeton University]]. In 1992, she obtained her [[Ph.D.]] from [[Imperial College London]].<ref name="guptaphd">{{cite thesis |degree=PhD |first=Sunetra|last=Gupta |title=Heterogeneity and the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases |publisher=Imperial College London |date=1992 |url=http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.309107|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.309107}}|authorlink=Sunetra Gupta}}</ref>. |
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⚫ | Gupta wrote her PhD thesis on the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases.<ref name="guptaphd"/> She is currently a professor of theoretical epidemiology in the Department of Zoology at the [[University of Oxford]], where she leads a team of infectious disease epidemiologists. She has done research on various infectious diseases, including [[malaria]], [[HIV]], [[influenza]], [[bacterial meningitis]] and [[COVID19]].<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Recker | first1 = M. | last2 = Pybus | first2 = O. G. | last3 = Nee | first3 = S. | last4 = Gupta | first4 = S. | authorlink4 = Sunetra Gupta| title = The generation of influenza outbreaks by a network of host immune responses against a limited set of antigenic types | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0702154104 | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 104 | issue = 18 | pages = 7711–7716 | year = 2007 | pmid = 17460037| pmc = 1855915| bibcode = 2007PNAS..104.7711R }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |
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}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ferguson | first1 = N. | last2 = Anderson | first2 = R. | last3 = Gupta | first3 = S. | authorlink3 = Sunetra Gupta| doi = 10.1073/pnas.96.2.790 | title = The effect of antibody-dependent enhancement on the transmission dynamics and persistence of multiple-strain pathogens | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 96 | issue = 2 | pages = 790–794 | year = 1999 | pmid = 9892712| pmc = 15215| bibcode = 1999PNAS...96..790F }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Buckee | first1 = C. O. | last2 = Jolley | first2 = K. A. | last3 = Recker | first3 = M. | last4 = Penman | first4 = B. | last5 = Kriz | first5 = P. | last6 = Gupta | first6 = S. | authorlink6 = Sunetra Gupta| last7 = Maiden | first7 = M. C. J. | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0712019105 | title = Role of selection in the emergence of lineages and the evolution of virulence in Neisseria meningitidis | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 105 | issue = 39 | pages = 15082–7 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18815379| pmc = 2553036| bibcode = 2008PNAS..10515082B }}</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mw2d6 Sunetra Gupta on the Life Scientific</ref> |
}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Ferguson | first1 = N. | last2 = Anderson | first2 = R. | last3 = Gupta | first3 = S. | authorlink3 = Sunetra Gupta| doi = 10.1073/pnas.96.2.790 | title = The effect of antibody-dependent enhancement on the transmission dynamics and persistence of multiple-strain pathogens | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 96 | issue = 2 | pages = 790–794 | year = 1999 | pmid = 9892712| pmc = 15215| bibcode = 1999PNAS...96..790F }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Buckee | first1 = C. O. | last2 = Jolley | first2 = K. A. | last3 = Recker | first3 = M. | last4 = Penman | first4 = B. | last5 = Kriz | first5 = P. | last6 = Gupta | first6 = S. | authorlink6 = Sunetra Gupta| last7 = Maiden | first7 = M. C. J. | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0712019105 | title = Role of selection in the emergence of lineages and the evolution of virulence in Neisseria meningitidis | journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | volume = 105 | issue = 39 | pages = 15082–7 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18815379| pmc = 2553036| bibcode = 2008PNAS..10515082B }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Lourenco | first1 = José | last2 = Pinotti | first2 = Francesco | last3 = Thompson | first3 = Craig | last4 = Gupta | first4 = Sunetra | authorlink4 = Sunetra Gupta| title = The impact of host resistance on cumulative mortality and the threshold of herd immunity for SARS-CoV-2 | journal = medRxiv | pages = 2020.07.15.20154294 | year = 2020}}</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mw2d6 Sunetra Gupta on the Life Scientific</ref> |
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Gupta has been a critique of the lockdown approach to the COVID19 pandemic, arguing that the cost is too high for the poorest in society. She has also questioned the quality of the debate on the pandemic. Pointing out that [[herd immunity]] is a way of preventing vulnerable people from dying, her view is that countries should follow the general approach taken by the infectious disease epidemiologists in Sweden, shielding the vulnerable as best possible while those with minimal risk go about their lives and allow herd immunity to build up.<ref>Maggie Pagano, Alastair Benn, Mutaz Ahmed, [https://reaction.life/we-may-already-have-herd-immunity-an-interview-with-professor-sunetra-gupta/?fbclid=IwAR0ucQOKcLEDQNapy0RRFx3TQQ_VhiCANyFWZAzmRoUfHVp8BpablTZxceE We may already have herd immunity – an interview with Professor Sunetra Gupta], Reaction, July 21, 2020.</ref> |
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⚫ | In March 2020, Gupta and colleagues published models for the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]] contrasting to earlier models produced elsewhere. The Oxford model suggested that up to 68% of the population could already have been infected, suggesting broader immunity and a subsiding threat.<ref name=Raphael31March20>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/tosv2.html?vid=&uuid=6ed4d060-84b1-11ea-a7b6-b1f8d7f7e9ea&url=L29waW5pb24vYXJ0aWNsZXMvMjAyMC0wMy0zMS93aGF0LXRoZS1jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1tb2RlbHMtYXJlLXRyeWluZy10by10ZWxsLXVz|title=Science Isn’t A Clear-Cut Pandemic Guide|last=Raphael|first=Therese|date=31 March 2020|website=www.bloomberg.com|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=22 April 2020}}</ref>. |
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She has been awarded the Scientific Medal by the [[Zoological Society of London]] and the [[Royal Society]] [[Rosalind Franklin Award]] for her scientific research.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} |
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Gupta's portrait was on display during the prestigious [[Royal Society]]'s Summer Science Exhibition |
Gupta has been awarded the Scientific Medal by the [[Zoological Society of London]] and the [[Royal Society]] [[Rosalind Franklin Award]] for her scientific research.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} In July 2013, Gupta's portrait was on display during the prestigious [[Royal Society]]'s Summer Science Exhibition along with leading female scientist such as [[Madame Curie]].<ref>{{cite news|url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-21/nri-achievers/40708277_1_indian-woman-scientist-image-problem-calcutta|title = Indian woman scientist's portrait to be exhibited in Britain|publisher = [[The Times of India]]|accessdate = 1 September 2013}}</ref> |
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⚫ | Gupta sits on the European Advisory Board of [[Princeton University Press]].<ref>[http://press.princeton.edu/about_pup/european_advisory_board.html Princeton University Press, European Advisory Board] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608160559/http://press.princeton.edu/about_pup/european_advisory_board.html |date=2011-06-08 }}</ref> |
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==Novelist== |
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Gupta wrote her first works of fiction in Bengali. She was the translator of the poetry of [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. She has published several novels in English. In October 2012 her fifth novel, ''So Good in Black'', was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sunetragupta.com/biography.asp|title = biography|publisher = Sunetra Gupta|accessdate = 1 September 2013}}</ref> |
Gupta wrote her first works of fiction in Bengali. She was the translator of the poetry of [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. She has published several novels in English. In October 2012 her fifth novel, ''So Good in Black'', was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.sunetragupta.com/biography.asp|title = biography|publisher = Sunetra Gupta|accessdate = 1 September 2013}}</ref> |
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Sunetra Gupta | |
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Born | 1965 (age 58–59) Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | Princeton University Imperial College London |
Awards | Rosalind Franklin Award Sahitya Akademi Award |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Epidemiology, evolutionary biology |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
Thesis | Heterogeneity and the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases (1992) |
Website | www www |
Sunetra Gupta (born March 1965) is an Indian infectious disease epidemiologist and a professor of theoretical epidemiology at the University of Oxford, England. She has done research on the transmission dynamics of various infectious diseases, including malaria, influenza and COVID19. Gupta is also a novelist and a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Award.
Early life and education
Sunetra Gupta was born in March 1965 in Calcutta, India, as the daughter of Dhruba and Minati Gupta.[2] She trained in biology, holding a bachelor's degree from Princeton University. In 1992, she obtained her Ph.D. from Imperial College London.[3].
Scientific career and research
Gupta wrote her PhD thesis on the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases.[3] She is currently a professor of theoretical epidemiology in the Department of Zoology at the University of Oxford, where she leads a team of infectious disease epidemiologists. She has done research on various infectious diseases, including malaria, HIV, influenza, bacterial meningitis and COVID19.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Coronavirus
Gupta has been a critique of the lockdown approach to the COVID19 pandemic, arguing that the cost is too high for the poorest in society. She has also questioned the quality of the debate on the pandemic. Pointing out that herd immunity is a way of preventing vulnerable people from dying, her view is that countries should follow the general approach taken by the infectious disease epidemiologists in Sweden, shielding the vulnerable as best possible while those with minimal risk go about their lives and allow herd immunity to build up.[11]
In March 2020, Gupta and colleagues published models for the coronavirus pandemic contrasting to earlier models produced elsewhere. The Oxford model suggested that up to 68% of the population could already have been infected, suggesting broader immunity and a subsiding threat.[12].
Awards
Gupta has been awarded the Scientific Medal by the Zoological Society of London and the Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Award for her scientific research.[citation needed] In July 2013, Gupta's portrait was on display during the prestigious Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition along with leading female scientist such as Madame Curie.[13]
Service
Gupta sits on the European Advisory Board of Princeton University Press.[14]
Novelist
Gupta wrote her first works of fiction in Bengali. She was the translator of the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. She has published several novels in English. In October 2012 her fifth novel, So Good in Black, was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.[15]
Her novels have been awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, the Southern Arts Literature Prize, shortlisted for the Crossword Award, and longlisted for the Orange Prize. Her novels include:
- Memories of Rain. Penguin Books India, New Delhi 1992, ISBN 978-0-14-016907-2.
- The Glassblower's Breath (1993)
- Moonlight into Marzipan (1995)
- A Sin of Colour (1999)
- So Good in Black (2009)
References
- ^ "Sunetra Gupta". The Life Scientific. 25 September 2012. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Weekend Birthdays", The Guardian, p. 51, 15 March 2014
- ^ a b Gupta, Sunetra (1992). Heterogeneity and the transmission dynamics of infectious diseases (PhD thesis). Imperial College London. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.309107.
- ^ Recker, M.; Pybus, O. G.; Nee, S.; Gupta, S. (2007). "The generation of influenza outbreaks by a network of host immune responses against a limited set of antigenic types". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (18): 7711–7716. Bibcode:2007PNAS..104.7711R. doi:10.1073/pnas.0702154104. PMC 1855915. PMID 17460037.
- ^ Recker, M.; Nee, S.; Bull, P. C.; Kinyanjui, S.; Marsh, K.; Newbold, C.; Gupta, S. (2004). "Transient cross-reactive immune responses can orchestrate antigenic variation in malaria". Nature. 429 (6991): 555–558. Bibcode:2004Natur.429..555R. doi:10.1038/nature02486. PMID 15175751.
- ^ Gupta, S.; Snow, R. W.; Donnelly, C. A.; Marsh, K.; Newbold, C. (1999). "Immunity to non-cerebral severe malaria is acquired after one or two infections". Nature Medicine. 5 (3): 340–343. doi:10.1038/6560. PMID 10086393.
- ^ Ferguson, N.; Anderson, R.; Gupta, S. (1999). "The effect of antibody-dependent enhancement on the transmission dynamics and persistence of multiple-strain pathogens". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96 (2): 790–794. Bibcode:1999PNAS...96..790F. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.2.790. PMC 15215. PMID 9892712.
- ^ Buckee, C. O.; Jolley, K. A.; Recker, M.; Penman, B.; Kriz, P.; Gupta, S.; Maiden, M. C. J. (2008). "Role of selection in the emergence of lineages and the evolution of virulence in Neisseria meningitidis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 105 (39): 15082–7. Bibcode:2008PNAS..10515082B. doi:10.1073/pnas.0712019105. PMC 2553036. PMID 18815379.
- ^ Lourenco, José; Pinotti, Francesco; Thompson, Craig; Gupta, Sunetra (2020). "The impact of host resistance on cumulative mortality and the threshold of herd immunity for SARS-CoV-2". medRxiv: 2020.07.15.20154294.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mw2d6 Sunetra Gupta on the Life Scientific
- ^ Maggie Pagano, Alastair Benn, Mutaz Ahmed, We may already have herd immunity – an interview with Professor Sunetra Gupta, Reaction, July 21, 2020.
- ^ Raphael, Therese (31 March 2020). "Science Isn't A Clear-Cut Pandemic Guide". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Indian woman scientist's portrait to be exhibited in Britain". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ Princeton University Press, European Advisory Board Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "biography". Sunetra Gupta. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
External links
- Sunetra Gupta at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- Sunetra Gupta at AcademiaNet
- 1965 births
- Living people
- Princeton University alumni
- Alumni of Imperial College London
- Fellows of Merton College, Oxford
- Indian emigrants to England
- Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in English
- Indian medical researchers
- 20th-century Indian translators
- Indian women science writers
- Indian social sciences writers
- Indian epidemiologists
- Women evolutionary biologists
- Bengali chemists
- Scientists from Kolkata
- 21st-century Indian women scientists
- Indian women medical researchers
- 20th-century Indian women scientists
- Women scientists from West Bengal
- Women writers from West Bengal
- 20th-century Indian novelists
- 20th-century Indian women writers
- Indian women translators
- Indian women novelists
- 21st-century Indian translators
- 21st-century Indian novelists
- Novelists from West Bengal
- Writers from Kolkata
- 21st-century women writers