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Soumya Swaminathan

Infectious Disease - Global TB & COVID policy

India

110 H-Index
1,153 Total Impact

Overview

Soumya Swaminathan is a infectious disease - global tb & covid policy specialist with an H-index of 110 at WHO / Former ICMR (Faculty). Has been published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, Nature Reviews Disease Primers, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Based in India.

Biography

Soumya Swaminathan is an Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist known for her research on tuberculosis and HIV. Swaminathan served as Secretary to the Government of India for Health Research and Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (2015–2017), where she prioritized evidence-based health policy, research capacity building in medical schools, and strengthening south-south partnerships in health sciences. From October 2017 to March 2019, she was the deputy director general of programmes (DDP) at the World Health Organization. Subsequently till 2022, she served as the chief scientist at the World Health Organization under the leadership of Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Affiliations & Institutions

Research Impact

5 Publications
0 Total Citations

Publication Timeline

0122016201720222023

Published In

Nat Rev Dis PrimersN Engl J MedJ Am Coll CardiolClin Infect DisNat Microbiol

Areas of Expertise

Clinical Knowledge & Procedures

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