Anindya Dutta

Anindya Dutta
Alma mater
  • Christian Medical College, Vellore (MBBS)
  • Rockefeller University (PhD)
  • Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (postdoctoral Fellow)
  • BWH, Harvard Medical School (residency)
Awards
  • Ranbaxy Award (SunPharma)
  • Outstanding Investigator Award (ASIP)
  • Distinguished Scientist Award (University of Virginia)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry, cancer biology
InstitutionsBrigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, University of Virginia School of Medicine, University of Alabama

Anindya Dutta is an Indian-born American biochemist and cancer researcher, a Chair of the Department of Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine since 2021, who has served as Chair of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 2011–2021. Dutta's research has focused on the mammalian cell cycle with an emphasis on DNA replication and repair and on noncoding RNAs. He is particularly interested in how de-regulation of these processes promote cancer progression. For his accomplishments he has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[1] received the Ranbaxy Award in Biomedical Sciences, the Outstanding Investigator Award from the American Society for Investigative Pathology, the Distinguished Scientist Award from the University of Virginia and the Mark Brothers Award from the Indiana University School of Medicine.

  1. ^ "AAAS Annual Report 2007" (PDF). American Association for the Advancement of Science. p. 22.