Shoumita Dasgupta PhD

Assistant Dean, Admissions

Professor, Biomedical Genetics

72 East Concord Street | (617) 358-3555
dasgupta@bu.edu

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Biomedical Genetics

Biography

Shoumita Dasgupta, Ph.D., is a scientist educator, a Professor of Medicine, and an Assistant Dean of Diversity & Inclusion, working with MD and PhD students in the diverse and inclusive higher education environment of Boston University. 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 Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, the National Human Genome Research Institute, the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, the American Society of Human Genetics, and others to promote initiatives in education, diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Dr. Dasgupta is the author of Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA, published by the University of California Press.

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Shoumita Dasgupta

Biomedical Genetics Faculty

Education

Biochemistry, PhD, University of California San Francisco

Biochemistry, MS, University of California San Francisco

Biology, BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Publications

Published on 2/18/2025

Shoumita Dasgupta. Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA. University of California Press. Oakland, CA. 2025.

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Published on 3/9/2024

Chung WK, Dasgupta S, Regier DS, Solomon BD. The clinical geneticist workforce: Community forums to address challenges and opportunities. Genet Med. 2024 Jun; 26(6):101121. PMID: 38469792.

PubMed

Published on 9/20/2023

Dasgupta S, Zaia J. Antiracism in biomolecular research. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2023 Nov; 415(27):6611-6613. PMID: 37728748.

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Published on 8/9/2023

Logue MW, Dasgupta S, Farrer LA. Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease in the African American Population. J Clin Med. 2023 Aug 09; 12(16). PMID: 37629231.

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Published on 8/1/2023

Jungels A, Demers L, Ford E, Stevens BK, Sabatello M, Dasgupta S. Project Inclusive Genetics: Protecting reproductive autonomy from bias via prenatal patient-centered counseling. HGG Adv. 2023 Oct 12; 4(4):100228. PMID: 37646012.

PubMed

Published on 11/23/2021

Green KA, Wolinsky R, Parnell SJ, Del Campo D, Nathan AS, Garg PS, Kaplan SE, Dasgupta S. Deconstructing Racism, Hierarchy, and Power in Medical Education: Guiding Principles on Inclusive Curriculum Design. Acad Med. 2022 Jun 01; 97(6):804-811. PMID: 34817407.

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Published on 8/5/2021

Vaimberg E, Demers L, Ford E, Sabatello M, Stevens B, Dasgupta S. Project Inclusive Genetics: Exploring the impact of patient-centered counseling training on physical disability bias in the prenatal setting. PLoS One. 2021; 16(8):e0255722. PMID: 34352009.

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Published on 8/13/2020

Dasgupta S. An Anti-Racism Toolkit for the Genetics Educator. Genet Med. 2020 11; 22(11):1911-1912. PMID: 32788666.

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Published on 6/18/2020

Dasgupta S, Feldman GL, Powell CM, Toriello HV, Westman J, Wilson WG, Waggoner DJ. Training the next generation of genomic medicine providers: trends in medical education and national assessment. Genet Med. 2020 10; 22(10):1718-1722. PMID: 32555416.

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Published on 1/24/2020

Hoffman JD, Thompson R, Swenson KB, Dasgupta S. Complexities of Clinical Genetics Consultation: An Interprofessional Clinical Skills Workshop. MedEdPORTAL. 2020 01 24; 16:10869. PMID: 32342009.

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