Meena Upadhyaya
Meena Upadhyaya OBE, FRCPath, FLSW is an Indian-born Welsh medical geneticist and a Professor emerita at Cardiff University. Her research has focused on the genes that cause various genetic disorders, in particular neurofibromatosis type I and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy.
Biography
Upadhyaya was born in India. She entered an
Upadhyaya completed a fellowship with the
She organised the First International Conference on RASopathies and Neurofibromatoses in Asia: Identification and Advances of New Therapeutics in Kochi, Kerala, India in 2017.[12]
She was elected to be a Council Member of the regional RCPath in 2014 and the Learning Society of Wales in 2020. Upadhyaya also served as a mentor on Dame Rosemary Butler's Women in Public Life Scheme (2014-2015). She is a trustee for Race Equality First, Race Council Cymru, the European NF Association and sits on the Advisory Committee of Cardiff University's BME+ Staff Network, NWAMI, Purple Plaques, Monumental Welsh Women and Equity in STEM. Upadhyaya was appointed as a Non-Executive Director (NED) on the Welsh Government Civil Service Board (2020-2024). She was appointed as an Honorary Professor of Amrita School of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India (2020), Visiting Professor at the Institute of Medical Genetics and Genomics at Sir Gangaram Medical Hospital, Delhi in 2023 and an Honorary Executive Director of Chhaya Public School, India in 2020.
Upadhyaya is also an advocate for women of ethnic minorities; she is the founder and Chair of Welsh Asian Women Achievement Awards, now Ethnic Minority Welsh Women Achievement Association (EMWWAA) and the organisation Ethnic Minority Women in Welsh Healthcare (EMWWH). She sits on many committees focusing on equality, diversity and academia.
References
- WalesOnline. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ Gabriel, Clare (29 April 2013). "Welsh Asian women's achievements celebrated with awards". BBC News. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "Pioneering medical geneticist, Professor Meena Upadhyaya, receives OBE". Association for Clinical Genetic Science. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Pioneering medical geneticist, Professor Meena Upadhyaya, receives OBE". Cardiff University. 5 January 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ St David Award Winners and Finalists 2017 http://www.wales.com/news-and-blog/st-david-award-winners-and-finalists-2017
- ^ Professor Meena Upadhyaya receives Honorary Fellowship at UWTSD https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/press-releases/press-2017/uks-first-female-british-indian-professor-receives-honorary-fellowship-at-uwtsd.html Archived 17 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ A celebration of Wales's brilliant women http://100women.walesonline.co.uk/index.html
- ^ 100 Welsh Women http://www.100welshwomen.wales/
- ^ Meena Upadhyaya; 100 Welsh Women http://www.100welshwomen.wales/100-women/meena_upadhyaya/
- ^ Learned Society of Wales in 2018 https://www.uwtsd.ac.uk/news/press-releases/press-2018/learned-society-of-wales-elects-new-fellow-from-uwtsd.html
- ^ "International Advisors | ORD India". 27 October 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
- PMID 30908877.