Shoumita Dasgupta

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Shoumita Dasgupta, Ph.D., is a scientist educator whose significant scholarly contributions center around inclusive curriculum design, teaching, and service. She is a Professor of Medicine and an Assistant Dean of Diversity &Inclusion with a demonstrated history of working in a diverse and inclusive higher education environment. Dr. Dasgupta has leveraged her expertise in basic and medical genetics and genomics, graduate education, and medical education to transform and advance the clinical, scientific, and ethical training of MD and PhD students at Boston University, nationally, and internationally. Her passion for genetics, genomic medicine, diversity and inclusion, and mentoring serve as the foundation for her supportive and creative leadership in the field. Dr. Dasgupta is a US Department of State Fulbright Specialist, a member of the inaugural cohort of faculty affiliates at the Ibram X. Kendi Center for Antiracism Research, and Past President of the Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics. In addition, she works with the National Human Genome Research Institute, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, and others to promote initiatives in education, diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Dr. Dasgupta the author of Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA, released on February 18, 2025 by the University of California Press.

Experience

  • 2003–present
    Professor of Medicine, Assistant Dean of Diversity & Inclusion, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
  • 2021–2023
    Faculty Affiliate, Ibram X. Kendi Center for Antiracist Research, Boston University

Education

  • 2002 
    University of California, San Francisco, PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • 1997 
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SB in Biology

Publications

  • 2025
    Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from our DNA, University of California Press
  • 2024
    WK Chung*, S Dasgupta*, DS Regier*, BD Solomon. (2024) The Clinical Geneticist Workforce: Community Forums to Address Challenges and Opportunities. Genetics in Medicine. 26(6): 101121. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2024.101121, Genetics in Medicine
  • 2023
    A Jungels, L Demers, E Ford, BK Stevens, M Sabatello, and S Dasgupta (2023) Project Inclusive Genetics: Protecting Reproductive Autonomy from Bias via Prenatal Patient-Centered Counseling. Human Genetics and Genomics Advances. doi: 10.1016/j.xhgg.2023.100228, Human Genetics and Genomics Advances
  • 2022
    K-A Green, R Wolinsky, SJ Parnell, D del Campo, AS Nathan, SE Kaplan, PS Garg, and S Dasgupta (2022) Deconstructing Racism, Hierarchy, and Power in Medical Education: Guiding Principles on Inclusive Curriculum Design. Academic Medicine. 97(6): 804-811. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000004531., Academic Medicine
  • 2020
    S Dasgupta (2020) An Anti-Racism Toolkit for the Genetics Educator. Genetics in Medicine. 22: 1911-1912. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436-020-00937-6., Genetics in Medicine

Grants and Contracts

  • 2023
    A New Era of Medical Education
    Role:
    Specialist at Ain Shams University, Cairo
    Funding Source:
    Fulbright Commission

Professional Memberships

  • Association of Professors of Human and Medical Genetics, Past-President, DEI Chair
  • American Society of Human Genetics
  • American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics

Honours

Fulbright Specialist

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