{"id":2053,"date":"2026-02-04T15:28:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T23:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/?page_id=2053"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T18:49:47","slug":"vin-gupta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/healthms\/faculty-staff\/vin-gupta\/","title":{"rendered":"Vin Gupta"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Vin Gupta<\/h2>\n

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Vin Gupta, MD, MPA, MSc, is an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Health Metrics Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.<\/p>\n

Clinically active as a Pulmonary\/Critical Care physician, Dr. Gupta\u2019s research has focused on several important issues in global public health. He previously was a full-time Assistant Professor with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) and the Department of Health Metrics Sciences (HMS) from 2018-2020. During this time, Dr. Gupta helped lead a large research portfolio examining the global burden of non-communicable diseases using the most advanced epidemiologic methods. These efforts were primarily funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and focused on attributable disease from tobacco use globally, with particular focus on Mexico, Brazil, China, and Indonesia. A secondary area of focus included assessing the impact of environmental health considerations (e.g., air pollution) on chronic respiratory disease.<\/p>\n

He concurrently holds an active commissioning as Major in the United States Air Force Reserve Medical Corps, where he serves a deployable critical care aerospace physician with the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron based at Joint-Base Lewis McChord.. In this capacity, Dr. Gupta previously assisted with bolstering the emergency health crisis response capabilities of partner nations in Africa as part of the US State Department\u2019s African Peacekeeping Rapid Response Partnership (\u201cA-Prep\u201d) initiative.<\/p>\n

In his current role as Principal Scientist at Amazon, Dr. Gupta provides clinical and strategic leadership to the company\u2019s internal and external COVID-19 response work, including overseeing the funding of clinical trials, expanding its work in public health through community-based initiatives, and ensuring the implementation of evidenced-based workplace health and safety protocols.<\/p>\n

Dr. Gupta received his BA from Princeton, MD from Columbia University\u2019s Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, Master\u2019s in International Relations from the University of Cambridge, and Master\u2019s in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. He is a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, regular health policy contributor for national media outlets, and board member on several health-focused nonprofit organizations nationwide.<\/p>\n

Please email Dr. Gupta directly at vgupta@uw.edu<\/a> if you have inquiries.<\/p>\n

IHME was established at the University of Washington in Seattle in 2007. Its mission is to improve health through better health evidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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