Senjuti Saha

Senjuti is a Scientist at the Child Health Research Foundation, Bangladesh, working at the intersection of molecular biology and public health. After completing her PhD in Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto in Canada, she moved to Bangladesh to work in the front lines of public health. Currently, she focuses on pediatric preventable infectious diseases, with the goals of (1) using modern molecular technologies including on-site metagenomics to identify etiologies that evade standard laboratory testing in resource-constrained settings, (2) establishing genomic surveillance to track and understand the molecular basis of antimicrobial resistance in endemic bacterial pathogens and (3) estimating the indirect impacts of vaccines on the overall health system of resource-constrained settings. Her work is grounded in advancing health and research equity in Bangladesh, and beyond. She is a member of the Polio Transition Independent Monitoring Board of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, a Gates Goalkeeper of Sustainable Development Goals, and an Associate Editor of BMJ Global health.