Dr Senjuti Saha
2023
Born
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Known forGenome sequencing of SARS-CoV2 in Bangladesh
AwardsBangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Padak 2023. Bill & Melinda Gates Award 2018
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics, microbiology
InstitutionsThe Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF)

Senjuti Saha is a Bangladeshi scientist at the Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF), and board member of the Polio Transition Independent Monitoring Board (TIMB) of the World Health Organization (WHO).[1] She is known for her lead on decoding the genome of SARS-CoV2 in Bangladesh.[2]

Biography and education

Saha was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Her father Dr. Samir Kumar Saha is a microbiologist and her mother Dr. Setarunnahar Setara is a public health researcher. Senjuti Saha finished high school in Bangladesh.[3] After finishing A level, she started her Bachelor of Science with biochemistry major at the University of Toronto. She has also received her PhD from the same institute.[4]

Work

Senjuti saha started her career as post-doctoral research fellow at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. She was also appointed as a post-doctoral researcher at the Child Health Research Center (CHRF) in Bangladesh. In 2019, she joined CHRF as scientist. Currently she is also appointed by the WHO as board member of Polio Transition Independent Monitoring Board (TIMB).[1]

In 2020, Senjuti Saha and her team decoded the genome sequence of SARS-CoV2 in Bangladesh.[2] Prior to that, she had performed an unbiased metagenomic sequence analysis to show a correlation between pediatric meningitis and Chikungunya virus outbreak in Bangladesh.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "TIMB Members". Global Polio Eradication Initiative WHO. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Bangladeshi scientists complete genome sequencing of virus causing Covid-19". The Daily Star. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  3. ↑ একজন সেঁজুতির বিজ্ঞানী হয়ে ওঠা. sarabangla.net (in Bengali). 24 May 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Senjuti Saha". University of Toronto: School of Graduate Studies. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Saha, Senjuti; et al. (17 December 2019). "Unbiased Metagenomic Sequencing for Pediatric Meningitis in Bangladesh Reveals Neuroinvasive Chikungunya Virus Outbreak and Other Unrealized Pathogens". mBio. 10 (6). e02877-19. doi:10.1128/mBio.02877-19. PMC 6918088. PMID 31848287.
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