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'''Soumya Swaminathan''' is an Indian [[paediatrician]] and clinical scientist known for her research on [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="livemint1">{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/15YIhftLoSDQDJQCpQ7OEP/Soumya-Swaminathan-to-take-charge-of-Indian-Council-of-Medic.html|title=Soumya Swaminathan to take charge of Indian Council of Medical Research|author=Nikita Mehta|work= [[Mint (newspaper)|Live Mint]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://icmr.nic.in/icmrnews/Dr_Soumya_Swaminathan.pdf |title=Dr. Soumya Swaminathan |publisher=[[Indian Council of Medical Research]] |date= |accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref> From October 2017 to March 2019, she was the Deputy Director General of Programmes (DDP) at the [[World Health Organization]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/sqdmfpFY5HS78Nbk6vACWL/Dr-Soumya-Swaminathan-appointed-WHOs-deputy-director-genera.html|title=Dr Soumya Swaminathan appointed WHO's deputy director general for programmes|first=Neetu Chandra|last=Sharma|date=4 October 2017|website=Livemint}}</ref>
'''Soumya Swaminathan''' is an Indian [[paediatrician]] and clinical scientist known for her research on [[tuberculosis]].<ref name="livemint1">{{cite web|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/15YIhftLoSDQDJQCpQ7OEP/Soumya-Swaminathan-to-take-charge-of-Indian-Council-of-Medic.html|title=Soumya Swaminathan to take charge of Indian Council of Medical Research|author=Nikita Mehta|work= [[Mint (newspaper)|Live Mint]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://icmr.nic.in/icmrnews/Dr_Soumya_Swaminathan.pdf |title=Dr. Soumya Swaminathan |publisher=[[Indian Council of Medical Research]] |date= |accessdate=2015-10-07}}</ref> From October 2017 to March 2019, she was the Deputy Director General of Programmes (DDP) at the [[World Health Organization]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/sqdmfpFY5HS78Nbk6vACWL/Dr-Soumya-Swaminathan-appointed-WHOs-deputy-director-genera.html|title=Dr Soumya Swaminathan appointed WHO's deputy director general for programmes|first=Neetu Chandra|last=Sharma|date=4 October 2017|website=Livemint}}</ref>
In March 2019, she was appointed as Chief Scientist at WHO after which the misinformation of Corona epidemic has since resulted in more than 30K deaths despite being a medic by profession she was unable to give accurate information on how the virus will affect and along with WHO declared it has no human to human transmission. The issue has since become a full blow epidemic causing damage to business and people alike running in trillions of dollars<ref>{{cite We|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/policy/who-rejigs-management-deputy-d-g-soumya-swaminathan-will-now-be-chief-scientist-1551935352794.html|title=WHO rejigs management, deputy D-G Soumya Swaminathan will now be chief scientist|first=Teena|last=Thacker|date=7 March 2019|website=Livemint}}</ref>
In March 2019, she was appointed as Chief Scientist at WHO.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/policy/who-rejigs-management-deputy-d-g-soumya-swaminathan-will-now-be-chief-scientist-1551935352794.html|title=WHO rejigs management, deputy D-G Soumya Swaminathan will now be chief scientist|first=Teena|last=Thacker|date=7 March 2019|website=Livemint}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==

Revision as of 22:47, 6 April 2020

Soumya Swaminathan
Born (1959-05-02) 2 May 1959 (age 65)
Chennai, India
NationalityIndia
OccupationChief Scientist of WHO[1]
Parent(s)M. S. Swaminathan
Mina Swaminathan

Soumya Swaminathan is an Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist known for her research on tuberculosis.[2][3] From October 2017 to March 2019, she was the Deputy Director General of Programmes (DDP) at the World Health Organization.[4] In March 2019, she was appointed as Chief Scientist at WHO.[5]

Education

Swaminathan holds M.B.B.S. from Armed Forces Medical College and M.D. from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 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.[6]

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.[7][failed verification]

Soumya is married to Ajit Yadav, an orthopedic surgeon.[8][9]

Professional career

  • Fellowship in Neonatology and Pediatric Pulmonology (1987 - 1989) at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, University of Southern California, US.
  • 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[10]
  • Director - National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis
  • Coordinator of the UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases in Geneva - 2009 to 2011[1]
  • Secretary to the Government of India for Health Research and Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research - 2015 to 2017[1]
  • Deputy Director-General - WHO, Oct 2017 to Mar 2019[4]
  • Chief Scientist - WHO, Mar 2019-[1]

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[11]

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.[12] 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.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "WHO Headquarters Leadership Team". Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. ^ Nikita Mehta. "Soumya Swaminathan to take charge of Indian Council of Medical Research". Live Mint.
  3. ^ "Dr. Soumya Swaminathan" (PDF). Indian Council of Medical Research. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  4. ^ a b Sharma, Neetu Chandra (4 October 2017). "Dr Soumya Swaminathan appointed WHO's deputy director general for programmes". Livemint.
  5. ^ Thacker, Teena (7 March 2019). "WHO rejigs management, deputy D-G Soumya Swaminathan will now be chief scientist". Livemint.
  6. ^ "Secretary Profile". Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
  7. ^ "Image, The Hindu Business Line". Archived from the original on 25 May 2006. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
  8. ^ "BioSpectrum Awards 2003 - Life Time Achievement Award". www.biospectrumindia.com.
  9. ^ "Look WHO's New Deputy DG" (PDF). GNC Connect. Vol. 3, no. 6. September 2017. p. 5.
  10. ^ ISITE Design. "Soumya Swaminathan, MD, MNAMS". tufts.edu.
  11. ^ "Index of /silverjubilee". niper.ac.in. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  12. ^ Das, Pamela (19 March 2016). "Soumya Swaminathan: re-energising tuberculosis research in India". The Lancet. 387 (10024): 1153. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30008-3. ISSN 0140-6736. PMID 27025325.
  13. ^ "Site 1: Chennai, India — Advance Access & Delivery". 16 February 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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