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.

Taruna Madan Gupta
Born
NationalityIndian
Alma materInstitute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Medical Research Council (UK)
Known forAspergillosis and innate immunity
Awards
  • Indo-US Wiestemm WIS Fellowship 2019
  • CSIR Young Scientist Award & INSA Young Scientist Award
Scientific career
FieldsInnate immunology, Biological Sciences
InstitutionsNational Institute for Research in Reproductive Health, NIRRH-ICMR
Doctoral advisorDr. P. Usha Sarma

Education and personal life

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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

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Publications and patents

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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

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

References

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  1. ^ "Lab web page of Dr. Taruna M. Gupta".
  2. ^ "Dr. Taruna M. Gupta on ICMR web site".
  3. ^ "Breakthrough in Allergy Treatment". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 11 January 2004. Retrieved 2 February 2019.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Biography of Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Gupta on Max Healthcare".
  5. ^ "Hindustan Times". 26 April 2012.
  6. ^ "Dr Taruna M. Gupta as scientist in IGIB, Delhi".
  7. ^ "Publications of Dr. Taruna M. Gupta on Google Scholar".
  8. ^ "Publications of Dr. Taruna M. Gupta on Pubmed".
  9. ^ "Patents listing of IGIB".
  10. ^ "Patents of Dr. Taruna M. Gupta".
  11. ^ "CSIR Young Scientist Award, Year 2003".