Sanjoy Bhattacharya,

FRAS FRAS may refer to: * Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, post-nominal letters * Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Fellows of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland are individuals who have bee ...

, is an academic and historian, who is professor in the History of Medicine and Director of the

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Collaborating Centre for Global Health Histories, at the

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Career

Bhattacharya completed his undergraduate studies at

St. Stephen's College, Delhi St. Stephen's College is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, widely regarded as one of the oldest and most prestigious colleges for arts and sciences in India. It was established in 1881 by the Cambridge Mission to Delhi. The college ...

, before earning a Master of Arts degree from

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is a public major research university located in New Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and r ...

, and then a doctorate from the

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. He was appointed a

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research fellow at

Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) is a public research university in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The university is based on two sites; the City Campus is located in the city centre near Sheffield railway station, while the Collegiate Cr ...

in 1997, and took up a research fellowship at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

four years later; at the same time, he was appointed to a lectureship at

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

, and remained there until 2010, when he became Reader in the History of Medicine at the

, where has since been promoted to a professorship and appointed Director of the Centre for Global Health Histories and Director of the

Collaborating Centre for Global Health Histories. He is also editor of the journal ''

Medical History The medical history, case history, or anamnesis (from Greek: ἀνά, ''aná'', "open", and μνήσις, ''mnesis'', "memory") of a patient is information gained by a physician by asking specific questions, either to the patient or to other peo ...

''; since 2013, he has been editor of

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's Global Health Histories series, and a co-editor of

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's New Perspectives in South Asian History series. In 2011, Bhattacharya was elected a Fellow of the

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."Prof. Sanjoy Bhattacharya"
''University of York''. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
''University of York Research Database''. Retrieved 15 September 2018. Bhattacharya's research focuses on the medical, environmental and social history of South Asia in the 19th and 20th centuries and the modern history of global health programmes.

References

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