Assam: AMC’s Dr Gayatri Gogoi Wins Blackbuck Pioneer Researcher Award 2025

NEW DELHI: In a significant achievement, Dr Gayatri Gogoi, Associate Professor of Pathology at Assam Medical College and Hospital, has been honoured with the prestigious Blackbuck Pioneer Researcher Award 2025 at the National Medical Research Summit & Blackbuck Awards, held at Hotel The Lalit, New Delhi.

The award recognises Dr Gogoi’s exceptional contributions to Indian medical research, placing her among 14 eminent professionals nationwide acknowledged for their pioneering work.

The summit was attended by key dignitaries, including Dr Abhijat Sheth, Chairperson of the National Medical Commission; Harsh Malhotra, Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs and Road Transport; and Prof Ashok Puranik, Executive Director of AIIMS Guwahati.

The jury panel included the former Director General of ICMR, the Dean of Maulana Azad Medical College, the Head of Cardiology at PGI Chandigarh, and senior doctors from across India.

Dr Gogoi, the only doctor from Northeast India to be honoured on the platform alongside leading scientists and physicians from AIIMS Delhi, ICMR, Apollo Hospitals, and Medanta, has earlier received multiple national awards as well as an international award for excellence in cancer care in North Carolina, USA.

With over 50 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, medical textbooks, and book chapters to her credit, she is a member of global bodies such as the American Association for Cancer Research, an International Fellow of the College of American Pathologists, and Chairperson of the Genomic Consortium of Northeast India.

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