Indira Nath
Indira Nath (born January 14, 1938 ) is an Indian immunologist . She made scientific contributions to immune tolerance and nerve damage in leprosy and its pathogen, Mycobacterium Leprae . Nath is a specialist in the field of pathology , immunology and infectious diseases .
Career
Nath studied medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). After graduating, she worked on a Nuffield Fellowship with John Turk and RJW Rees in London.
Since she did not want to contribute to the emigration of well-educated people from India , she returned to India to the AIIMS, where she studied immunological aspects of leprosy with Gursaran Talwar.
research
In her research, Nath deals, among other things, with the immune response and nerve damage in the event of an infection with Mycobacterium Leprae at the cellular level, as well as with markers to determine the viability of M. leprae . Nath has published more than 120 articles in specialist journals. She has been awarded numerous prizes.
Year of award | Name of the award | Awarding organization |
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1981 | JALMA Trust Oration | ICMR |
1983 | Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award | Indian government |
1984 | Kshanika Award | ICMR |
1987 | 1st Nitya Anand Endowment Lecture Award | INSA |
1988 | Clayton Memorial Lecture Award | |
1990 | Om Prakash Bhasin Award | |
1994 | Basanti Devi Amir Chand Award | ICMR |
1995 | Cochrane Research Award | Government of Great Britain |
1995 | RD Birla Award | |
1999 | Padmashri | Indian government |
2002 | Women in Science | L'Oreal UNESCO |
2003 | Chevalier Ordre National du Merite | French government |
2003 | Silver banner | Tuscany, Italy |
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Karen Birmingham: Indira Nath . In: Nature Medicine . tape 8 , no. 6 , June 1, 2002, ISSN 1546-170X , p. 545-545 , doi : 10.1038 / nm0602-545 ( nature.com [accessed December 16, 2019]).
- ^ INSA :: Indian Fellow Detail. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
- ↑ In Conversation - Interview with Dr. Indira Nath . In: SR Vol.53 (06) [June 2016] . June 2016, ISSN 0036-8512 ( res.in [accessed December 16, 2019]).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Nath, Indira |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian immunologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 14, 1938 |