Christian Medical College, Vellore (MBBS, MD, PhD)
Awards
Infosys Prize (2016)
Scientific career
Fields
Infectious disease Vaccines Enteric infections Water Sanitation[1]
Institutions
Christian Medical College, Vellore Baylor College of Medicine Translational Health Science and Technology Institute
Website
cmcwtrl.in
Gagandeep Kang FRS[2] (born 3 November 1962) is an Indian microbiologist and virologist who has been leading the work on enteric diseases, diarrheal infections and disease surveillance at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation since 2023.[3]
Kang previously was the Professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, India[1] and from August 2016 to July 2020 was executive director of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, Faridabad, an autonomous institute of the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.[4][5][6] Her major research focus is on viral infections in children, and the testing of rotaviral vaccines. She also works on other enteric infections and their consequences when children are infected in early life, sanitation and water safety. She was awarded the prestigious Infosys Prize in Life Sciences in 2016 for her contributions to understanding the natural history of rotavirus and other infectious diseases.[4][7][8] In 2019, she became the first Indian woman to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.[9] She was on the Life Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize in 2020.[10]
Kang is co-author of book Till We Win: India's Fight Against The COVID-19 Pandemic, with Chandrakant Lahariya, a leading Indian medical doctor and Public policy and health system expert and Randeep Guleria, the director of AIIMS, New Delhi. The book has been published by India's leading publisher Penguin Random House India and has become an instant bestseller.
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^"Professor Gagandeep Kang : Hic Vac". www.hic-vac.org. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^Raghavan, Prabha (7 July 2020). "Gagandeep Kang, vaccine scientist, quits top research institute". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^Barath, Harini (7 March 2017). "10 women, 10 questions: Gagandeep Kang". IndiaBioscience.org. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^"An E-mail Interview with Prof. Gagandeep Kang". Tropical Parasitology. 7 (2): 128–130. 1 July 2017. doi:10.4103/tp.TP_30_17 (inactive 31 January 2024). PMC 5652053. PMID 29114495. Retrieved 23 April 2019.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
^"Gagandeep Kang becomes first Indian woman to be elected Royal Society Fellow". The Hindu. 2019-04-19. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
GagandeepKang FRS (born 3 November 1962) is an Indian microbiologist and virologist who has been leading the work on enteric diseases, diarrheal infections...
leading Indian scientists including Shahid Jameel, Soumyadeep Bhaumik, GagandeepKang, Soumitra Pathare, and others. The World Health Organization recommended...
of India. Co-written by Chandrakant Lahariya, Randeep Guleria, and GagandeepKang, this book managed to garner significant critical attention from book...
Duchère in Lyon, France. La Martiniere Diderot in Lyon, France. Dr. GagandeepKang, vaccine scientist at CMC Vellore (known as India’s 'vaccine godmother')...
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the Biocircuits Institute at the University of California, San Diego. GagandeepKang Jaswant Singh Neki Harpal Kumar, Chief Executive of Cancer Research...
Translational Health Science and Technology Institute Established 2009 Key people GagandeepKang (Former-Executive Director) Location Faridabad, India...
ISSN 1537-6591. PMID 15546086. Jeremy Farrar; Peter Hotez; Thomas Junghanss; GagandeepKang; David Lalloo; Nicholas J. White (2013). Manson's Tropical Diseases...
Gouverneur FRS". The Royal Society. Retrieved 19 April 2019. "Professor GagandeepKang FRS". The Royal Society. Retrieved 19 April 2019. "Professor Marta Kwiatkowska...
Sriyal Malik Peiris 2022: Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta 2023: José Belizán 2024: GagandeepKang "Gairdner Foundation | Global Health Award". gairdner.org. Retrieved...
2015. Retrieved 8 August 2018. "Infosys Prize - Laureates 2016 - Prof. GagandeepKang". Infosys Science Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 August...
MEDICAL HELMINTHES Farrar, Jeremy; Hotez, Peter J.; Junghanss, Thomas; Kang, Gagandeep; Lalloo, David; White, Nicholas J. (2013-10-26). Manson's tropical...
Elizabeth A. Howell Judith A. James Steven Joffe Sheena A. Josselyn GagandeepKang Katalin Karikó Farees Khan Sachin Kheterpal Laura L. Kiessling Jonathan...
high degree of pus. Farrar, Jeremy; Hotez, Peter; Junghanss, Thomas; Kang, Gagandeep; Lalloo, David; White, Nicholas J. (2013-10-26). Manson's Tropical...
Pandemic, co-authored with Randeep Guleria of AIIMS, New Delhi and GagandeepKang of Christian Medical College, Vellore. In 2009-10, Lahariya was the...
Raj Sahota in February 1989, Sohan Singh Dhesi in September 1989 and Gagandeep in June 1991". Refworld. Retrieved 13 May 2023. "Sat Pal Parashar remembered...
Hagbom, Marie; Franco, Manuel A.; Greenberg, Harry B.; O'Ryan, Miguel; Kang, Gagandeep; Desselberger, Ulrich; Estes, Mary K. (9 November 2017). "Rotavirus...
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