Shoumita Dasgupta PhD
Assistant Dean, Admissions
Professor, Biomedical Genetics
72 East Concord Street | (617) 358-3555dasgupta@bu.edu

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Biomedical Genetics
Biography
Dr. Dasgupta is a scientist educator whose significant scholarly contributions center around 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 and scientific training of MD and PhD students at Boston University, nationally, and internationally. Her passion for genetics, genomic medicine, diversity and inclusion, and mentoring allow her to serve as a supportive and creative leader in the field.
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Education
Biochemistry, PhD, University of California San Francisco
Biochemistry, MS, University of California San Francisco
Biology, BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications
Shoumita Dasgupta. Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins: Lessons on Belonging from Our DNA. University of California Press. Oakland, CA. 2025.
Published on 3/9/2024Chung 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.
Published on 9/20/2023Dasgupta S, Zaia J. Antiracism in biomolecular research. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2023 Nov; 415(27):6611-6613. PMID: 37728748.
Published on 8/1/2023Jungels 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.
Published on 11/23/2021Green 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.
Published on 8/5/2021Vaimberg 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.
Published on 8/13/2020Dasgupta S. An Anti-Racism Toolkit for the Genetics Educator. Genet Med. 2020 11; 22(11):1911-1912. PMID: 32788666.
Published on 6/18/2020Dasgupta 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.
Published on 1/24/2020Hoffman 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.
Published on 5/21/2019Campion M, Goldgar C, Hopkin RJ, Prows CA, Dasgupta S. Genomic education for the next generation of health-care providers. Genet Med. 2019 11; 21(11):2422-2430. PMID: 31110330.
Media Mentions
Published on 1/13/2025
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Published on 4/30/2020
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Published on 11/21/2019
“Like Horoscope Readings!”: The Scammy World of DNA Test Startups
Published on 2/11/2019
Charles River, Medical Campus Faculty Promoted to Full Professor
Published on 2/11/2019
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