Senjuti Saha, PhD

2023

Bangamata Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib Padak. Bangladesh’s highest civilian award for women

2023

Amra Ekattor Award

2023

Recognition as one of the 100 “best and brightest” scientists of Asia. Asian Scientist

2022

Ananya Top 10, Bangladesh

2022

Luna Shamsuddoha Awar. Celebrating Women @Work, Bangladesh

2022

Joyee Award. Best female researcher category, Bangladesh

2022

SOS Children’s Villages Bangladesh Community Champion Award

2022

Highlighted by The Lancet as one of the top 10 researchers worldwide

2021

Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Bangladesh

2021

Women of Inspiration Award, Junior Chamber International, Bangladesh

2020

Gates’ Hero, 2020, for battling health inequity, Gates Notes

2020

Webby Award for Infectious Disease Detectives (with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative). Honoring the best of the internet. People’s choice award.

2019

Bill and Melinda Gates Goalkeeper of Sustainable Development Goals

2019

Sabin Vaccine Institute Travel Award, 11th International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses.

2018

Bill and Melinda Gates Fellowship for Scientists from Low- and Middle-Income Countries, International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference

2018

Bill and Melinda Gates Fellowship for Scientists from Low- and Middle-Income Countries, American Society of Microbiology MICROBE

2018

Bill and Melinda Gates Fellowship, International Symposium on Pneumococci & Pneumococcal Disease

2017

Travel Fellowship, 10th World Congress of the World Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases

2017

Postdoctoral Travel Award, American Society of Microbiology, MICROBE

2017

Sabin Vaccine Institute Travel Grant, International Conference on Typhoid and Other Invasive Salmonelloses

2016

First Runner up, University of Toronto Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition

2012-2015

Canada Institutes of Health Research Doctoral Award (CAD$ 35,000/year)

2012-2015

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Canada (CAD$ 30,000/year)

2010-2012

University of Toronto Open Fellowship Research Award, University of Toronto, Canada (CAD$ 11,000/year)

2007-2009

Dean’s List in recognition of academic excellence (3 consecutive years), University of Toronto, Canada

2005

Scholar Award. University of Toronto, Canada. (CAD$ 5,000)

2005

New College Admission Scholarship. University of Toronto, Canada. (CAD$ 3,000)

Selected Documentaries & Media Mentions

  • Scientists tracking coronavirus variants struggle with global blind spots. Science Magazine. 2021
  • India’s neighbours race to sequence genomes as COVID surges. Nature News. 2021.
  • Bangladesh’s dynamic duo battle global health inequity. Gates Horoes: Samir Saha and Senjuti Saha. Gates Notes. 2020.
  • SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing and research perspective in Bangladesh. Live interview. Voice of America, Bangla. 2020.
  • Bill Gates showers praise on Bangladeshi microbiologists Samir, Senjuti Saha. Prothom Alo. 2020.
  • Bill Gates hails ‘dynamic’ Bangladeshi father-daughter duo. Samakal. 2020.
  • The achievements of the Saha Family. Talk-show. Deepto TV. 2020.
  • Bangladeshi Scientists sequence coronavirus genome, New Age Bangladesh. 2020.
  • Remarkable work by Bangladeshi scientists. The Daily Star. 2020
  • Bangladeshi researchers decode the COVID-19 genome for the first time. The Business Standard. 2020.
  • New frontiers in research: vaccination, genome sequencing and data-driven health surveillance. Youth Policy Forum and Platform. Live panel. 2020.
  • Senjuti’s journey to becoming a scientist. Special Interview. SaraBangla. 2020.
  • Sheroes of typhoid: Women leaders across take on typhoid. Coalition against typhoid. 2020.
  • When two scientists fall in love. The Scientist. 2020.
  • Vaccination to prevent child mortality. Like television interview. Somoy TV. 2020.
  • Infectious Disease Detectives. Documentary by Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative. 2019.
  • On the trail of deadly disease. Wired. 2019.
  • Developing Low-Cost Medical Devices in Bangladesh. Forbes. 2019.
  • Bangladeshi scientist to address Gates Goalkeepers Event in New York. The Daily Star. 2019.
  • How five STEM women shattered the glass ceiling. The Daily Star. 2019.
  • A simpler way to get to the bottom of mysterious illnesses in poor countries. The Atlantic, 2018.
  • How a cloud-based database can help diagnose illnesses. The Daily Star. 2018.
  • Closing the scientific gap. Global Health Now, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. 2018.
  • Finding etiologies of meningitis and working in resource-poor settings. Live online interview. Sachalayatan. 2018.