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Soumya Swaminathan

1959 - Today

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Soumya Swaminathan (born 2 May 1959) is an Indian paediatrician and clinical scientist known for her research on tuberculosis and HIV. From 2019 to 2022, she served as the chief scientist at the World Health Organization under the leadership of Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Soumya Swaminathan has received more than 473,386 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Soumya Swaminathan is the 710th most popular physician (down from 605th in 2019), the 1,201st most popular biography from India (down from 908th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Physician.

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  • 4.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Soumya Swaminathan ranks 710 out of 726. Before her are Mathilde Krim, Bill Frist, Hayat Sindi, William Hewson, Fritz Klein, and Fernando Simón. After her are Siddhartha Mukherjee, David Shulkin, James Heilman, Atul Gawande, Ai Fen, and Hinrich Romeike.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Soumya Swaminathan ranks 740. Before her are Steven Strogatz, Denise Curry, Stan Van Gundy, Laura Lippman, Chrissy Amphlett, and René Marsiglia. After her are Steve Whitmire, Lesley Thompson, Hugo Rodríguez, Timothy Creamer, Joseph R. Gannascoli, and José Guirao.

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In India

Among people born in India, Soumya Swaminathan ranks 1,201 out of 1,861. Before her are Suhasini Maniratnam (1961), Bhaichung Bhutia (1976), Kiran Rao (1973), Rohini Hattangadi (1955), Archana Puran Singh (1962), and Arshad Warsi (1968). After her are Padma Bandopadhyay (1944), Usha Kiran (1929), Rati Agnihotri (1960), Devendra Fadnavis (1970), Rita Bhaduri (1955), and Rakhi Sawant (1978).

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Among PHYSICIANS In India

Among physicians born in India, Soumya Swaminathan ranks 10. Before her are Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882), Dean Mahomed (1759), Narendra Dabholkar (1945), Indira Nath (1938), Devi Shetty (1953), and Kamal Ranadive (1917). After her are Siddhartha Mukherjee (1970), and Suniti Solomon (1938).

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