Amita Bansal

Dr. Amita Bansal is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Australian National University (ANU), within the College of Health and Medicine. She is affiliated with the Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions, contributing to interdisciplinary research addressing climate and health challenges. Her roles include editorial contributions to journals such as the Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease and Frontiers in Endocrinology.

Dr. Bansal holds a BSc (First Class Honours) in Medical Biotechnology from the University of Abertay Dundee (2009), a PhD in Biomedicine from the University of Auckland (2014), and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in transgenerational inheritance and islet biology at the University of Pennsylvania (2019).

Her research focuses on the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD), particularly examining how environmental factors like endocrine disruptors, maternal nutrition, and early-life exposures influence metabolic health, diabetes, and preterm birth outcomes. She investigates mechanisms such as epigenetic modifications and immune system interactions to understand long-term health consequences of early-life programming.

Notable achievements include the TRANSFORM Fellowship (2022–present) and the Bayard T. Storey Award for Excellence in Research (2018). She actively advocates for science policy through initiatives like the Endocrine Society Research Hill Day and leads committees such as the ECR Committee of the International DOHaD Council.

Bansal collaborates on interdisciplinary projects like the Resilience Initiative for Food and Agriculture (RIFA) and contributes to understanding climate-driven health risks. Her work bridges environmental science, public health, and developmental biology to address 21st-century health challenges.