Gagandeep Kang

Virologist | Scientist

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Gagandeep Kang, a virologist and scientist, is known for her interdisciplinary research in transmission, development, and prevention of enteric infections and their sequelae in children in India.

She has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS), the first Indian woman scientist to receive this honour. The FRS is the oldest scientific institution in the world, and is dedicated to promoting excellence in science. 

Gagandeep is the Executive Director of the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, and is the Chairperson of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Southeast-Asia's Immunisation Technical Advisory Group. To develop practical approaches to support public health, she also built national rotavirus and typhoid surveillance networks, established laboratories to support vaccine trials, and conducted phase one-three- clinical trials of vaccines, a comprehensive approach that has supported two WHO prequalified vaccines made by two Indian companies. She is also investigating the complex relationships between infection, gut function, and physical and cognitive development, and seeking to build a stronger human immunology research in India.

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