Tripti Gupta

Having completed a BS in Medical Sociology from the Rural Unit of Health and Social Affairs, Christian Medical College, Vellore, and being awarded a general proficiency award for all three years, I further progressed to develop a career in epidemiology and implementation research. I got an opportunity to be a part of WHO’s a course on Implementation Research which focused on Diseases of Poverty. This further made me curious about the natural history and progression of diseases. To cater to my curiosity and enhance my skills in finer aspects of epidemiology, I also finished a post-graduate diploma focused on Epidemiology from the Indian Institute of Public Health, Delhi.
I am highly interested and motivated to work towards tribal health with my major focus on Sickle Cell Disease. To establish better networks, I have also collaborated with Sickle Cell Disease Coalition, Washington DC to understand how approaches to cater to sickle cell disease are different there. I am also curious to understand health equity and how health policy reforms are done, the epidemiology of various communicable and neglected
tropical diseases, regional health indicator improvement, and the epidemiological transition the world is going through. I am also working on understanding humanitarian crises as an aftermath of natural calamity, environmental degradation, war and conflict, poverty, and the generational cycle of gender inequality and its effect on QoL. My journey in public health is an attempt to contribute to Sustainable Development Goal 3 at an individualistic level.