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Dr. Gagandeep Kang is a clinician-scientist known for her work on rotavirus and other childhood infections in India, which supported the development and testing of India's own rotavirus vaccine. In 2019 she became the first Indian woman to be elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Key contributions
- Research on rotavirus and enteric infections in children
- Contributed to trials of the indigenous rotavirus vaccine (Rotavac)
- Fellow of the Royal Society (2019)