Anindita Dasgupta, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences

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Dr. Anindita Dasgupta is a social and behavioral scientist whose research focuses on understanding how gendered inequities of health intersect with sexual and reproductive health among populations of girls and women who are marginalized in the United States, India, and the Middle East. Dr. Dasgupta’s research uses a reproductive justice lens – with the goal of using research to tackle systems of oppression to improve reproductive health outcomes of birthing people through intervention and epidemiologic research. Dr. Dasgupta is currently funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to implement and evaluate the PrEP for WINGS intervention, which aims to reduce hazardous alcohol use, intimate partner violence and increase PrEP initiation for women engaged in the criminal legal system in New York City (R01AA030462).

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences

Administrative Titles

  • Affiliate, Social Intervention Group, Columbia University School of Social Work

Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • AB, 2008 Mount Holyoke College
  • MPH, 2010 Boston University School of Public Health
  • PhD, 2015 University of California, San Diego

Committees, Societies, Councils

Member, Society for Family Planning

Editorial Boards

BMC Women’s Health
Reproductive Health

Research

Research Interests

  • Forced Migration
  • Gendered Inequities of Health
  • Harm Reduction
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
  • Substance Use

Selected Publications

Goddard-Eckrich D, Stringer KL, Richer A, Dasgupta A, Brooks D, Cervantes M, Downey DL, Kelleher P, Bell SL, Hunt T, Wu E, Johnson KA, Hall J, Guy-Cupid GN, Thomas BV, Edwards K, Ramesh V, Gilbert L. 'Yeah, they suck. It's like they don't care about our health.' Medical mistrust among Black women under community supervision in New York city. Cult Health Sex. 2024 Jun 24:1-16. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2024.2358084. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38915232.

Khadra MM, Suradi HH, Amarin JZ, El-Bassel N, Kaushal N, Jaber RM, Al-Qutob R, Dasgupta A. Risk factors for miscarriage in Syrian refugee women living in non-camp settings in Jordan: results from the Women ASPIRE cross-sectional study. Confl Health. 2022 Jun 7;16(1):32. doi: 10.1186/s13031-022-00464-y. PMID: 35672855; PMCID: PMC9171994.

Brooks MA, Dasgupta A, Ta???n N?, Meinhart M, Tekin U, Yükseker D, Kaushal N, El-Bassel N. Secondary Traumatic Stress, Depression, and Anxiety Symptoms Among Service Providers Working with Syrian Refugees in Istanbul, Turkey. J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Feb 25. doi: 10.1007/s10903-022-01344-6. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35212824.

Brooks MA, Meinhart M, Samawi L, Mukherjee T, Jaber R, Alhomsh H, Kaushal N, Al Quotob R, Khadra M, El-Bassel N, Dasgupta A. Mental health of clinic-attending Syrian refugee women in Jordan: associations between social ecological risks factors and mental health symptoms. BMC Womens Health. 2022 Jan 8;22(1):4.

Mukherjee TI, Khan AG, Dasgupta A, Samari G. Reproductive justice in the time of COVID-19: a systematic review of the indirect impacts of COVID-19 on sexual and reproductive health. Reprod Health. 2021 Dec 20; 18(1):242. PMID: 34930318

Dasgupta A, Saggurti N, Ghule M, Reed E, Donta B, Battala M, Nair S, Ritter J, Gajanan V, Silverman J, Raj A. Associations between intimate partner violence and married women’s condom and other contraceptive use in rural India. Sexual Health. 2018 Nov;15(5):381-388. PMID: 30045806

Dasgupta A, Silverman J, Saggurti N, Ghule M, Donta B, Battala M, Nair S, Gajanan V, Raj A. Understanding men’s elevated alcohol use, gender equity ideologies, and intimate partner violence among married couples in rural India. American Journal of Men’s Health. 2018; 12(4):1084-1093. PMID: 29779428

Dasgupta A, Raj A, Nair S, Naik DD, Saggurti N, Donta B, Silverman J. Assessing the relationship between intimate partner violence, externally-decided pregnancy and unintended pregnancies among women in slum communities in Mumbai, India. BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health. 2018 PMID: 29972358

Dasgupta A, Davis A, Goddard-Eckrich D, El-Bassel N. Reproductive health concerns among substance-using women in community corrections in New York City: Understanding the role of environmental influences. J Urban Health. 2017 July 24. PMID: 28741282

Dasgupta A, Battala M, Nair S, Naik DD, Saggurti N, Silverman JG, Balaiah D, Raj A. Associations between high local social support and depression/anxiety among women contending with partner violence and husband's heavy alcohol use in slum communities in Mumbai, India. Journal of Affective Disorders. 2013 February 15;145(1):126-9. PMID: 22877967