Shobita Parthasarathy Explained

Shobita Parthasarathy
Education:University of Chicago (BA)
Cornell University (MA)
Cornell University (PhD)
Citizenship:United States
Nationality:American
Doctoral Advisor:Sheila Jasanoff, Stephen Hilgartner
Workplaces:University of Michigan
Known For:Innovation Policy, Intellectual Property, Sociology of Technology, Politics of Expertise
Website:https://shobitap.org/
Awards:Robert K. Merton award
American Council of Learned Societies Fellow
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Fellow
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Fellow
Thesis Url:https://www.proquest.com/docview/288425019
Thesis Year:2003, PhD
Thesis Title:A global genome? Comparing the development of genetic testing for breast cancer in the United States and Britain

Shobita Parthasarathy is an American academic, author, and contributor to the field of Science and Technology Studies based at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan. She is the director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, a research, education, and policy engagement center concerned with questions at the intersection of science, technology, policy, and society.[1] She has received numerous prominent awards and grants for her work and has provided expert advice on technology, equity, and policy to civil society groups, international organizations, and governments around the world, including testimony to the U.S. Congress.

Career and research

Parthasarathy was the founding director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) program at the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy from 2006 to 2011, and currently serves as its director, in addition to holding a faculty appointment as Professor.[2] At U-M, she is also affiliated with the Department of Women's Studies, the Science/Technology/Society Program, Institute for Data Science, Precision Health Initiative, the Organizational Studies Program, and the Centers for European Studies and South Asian Studies; she sits on the Internal Advisory Board for the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing.[3] She has served on the governing councils of the Society for the Social Studies of Science[4] and Science and Democracy Network.[5] Parthasarathy currently serves on two committees for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine: Science for Judges - Development of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 4th Edition,[6] and Creating a Framework for Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation in Health and Medicine.[7]

Parthasarathy has been a fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,[8] the American Council of Learned Societies,[9] the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, and the American Bar Foundation. Her research has been funded by grants from the Ford Foundation,[10] the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation,[11] the Wellcome Trust, the National Science Foundation,[12] the Public Interest Technology University Network,[13] and various programs and organizations at the University of Michigan.

Her current research projects focus on rethinking innovation systems that privilege social equity and justice, examining inclusive innovation for international development, and comparing the development and governance of diagnostic testing for COVID-19 in the United States, United Kingdom, South Korea, and Singapore.[14] [15] Through University of Michigan's Technology Assessment Project (TAP), she is developing an analogical case study approach to better anticipate and address the social, ethical, and equity dimensions of emerging technologies. TAP has analyzed facial recognition technologies, vaccine hesitancy, and large language models.[16]

Notable work

Parthasarathy is best known for her work on the development and governance of technological innovation and the politics of evidence and expertise in policy making, all in an international and comparative framework. She has authored numerous articles and two books. Her first book, Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care (MIT Press, 2007)[17] informed the landmark 2013 United States Supreme Court case regarding gene patents (Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.);[18] [19] her second book, Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe (University of Chicago Press, 2017)[20] won the 2018 Robert K. Merton Prize from the American Sociological Association.[21] [22]

Outreach

Parthasarathy provides expert advice to technical and civil society organizations, legislators, advisory bodies, policy stakeholders, and courts. In February 2021 she testified before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies on strategies for energy and climate innovation,[23] and in July 2021 she testified before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy on the topic of Fostering Equity in Energy Innovation.[24] She is a non-resident fellow of the Center for Democracy and Technology.[25] Her writings have appeared in the popular press, including but not limited to The New York Times,[26] Slate,[27] Nature,[28] [29] and The Chronicle of Higher Education.[30] Since 2019 Parthasarathy has co-hosted The Received Wisdom, a podcast focused on science, technology, and society.[31]

Selected works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: STPP Homepage Science, Technology, and Public Policy (STPP) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240801003445/https://stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/ . 1 August 2024 . Ford School of Public Policy . University of Michigan.
  2. Web site: Shobita Parthasarathy | Science, Technology and Public Policy (STPP) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231230053245/https://stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/shobita-parthasarathy . 30 December 2023 . Ford School of Public Policy . University of Michigan.
  3. Web site: Shobita Parthasarathy | Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20241008095416/https://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/shobita-parthasarathy . 8 October 2024 . Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy . University of Michigan.
  4. Web site: 21 May 2020 . Past Presidents and Council Members - Society for Social Studies of Science . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20221103111516/https://www.4sonline.org/what-is-4s/governance/past-presidents-and-council-members/ . 3 November 2022 . Society for Social Studies of Science.
  5. Web site: About the Science and Democracy Network – Science and Democracy Network . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230511134853/https://stsprogram.org/sdn/about/ . 11 May 2023 . Science and Democracy Network.
  6. Web site: Science for Judges - Development of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 4th Edition . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240619115206/https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/science-for-judges-development-of-the-reference-manual-on-scientific-evidence-4th-edition . 19 June 2024 . 9 June 2022 . National Academies.
  7. Web site: 2023 . Creating a Framework for Emerging Science, Technology, and Innovation in Health and Medicine . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220609154229/https://www.nationalacademies.org/our-work/creating-a-framework-for-emerging-science-technology-and-innovation-in-health-and-medicine . 9 June 2022 . 9 June 2022 . National Academies.
  8. Web site: Shobita Parthasarathy Wilson Center . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240303034243/https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/shobita-parthasarathy . 3 March 2024 . Wilson Center.
  9. Web site: Shobita Parthasarathy - ACLS . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240423185515/https://www.acls.org/fellow-grantees/shobita-parthasarathy/ . 23 April 2024 . 26 October 2024 . American Council of Learned Societies.
  10. Web site: 4 November 2021 . Expanding participation in science and technology policy through civil society partnerships . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20241003085738/https://stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/news/2021/expanding-participation-science-and-technology-policy-through-civil-society-partnerships . 3 October 2024 . Ford School of Public Policy . University of Michigan.
  11. Web site: 2021 . University of Michigan . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231003050225/https://sloan.org/grant-detail/9565 . 3 October 2023 . Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
  12. Web site: Williams . Logan . 13 July 2016 . Award Abstract # 1457138: Knowledge from the Margins Conference; East Lansing, MI - August 18-19, 2015 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240615023144/https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1457138 . 15 June 2024 . U.S. National Science Foundation.
  13. Web site: 13 November 2020 . Public Interest Technology gets a boost with challenge grant for the Ford School and computer science . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240523093338/https://fordschool.umich.edu/news/2020/public-interest-technology-gets-boost-challenge-grant-ford-school-and-computer-science . 23 May 2024 . Ford School of Public Policy . University of Michigan.
  14. Web site: 20 April 2020 . Parthasarathy's NSF grant will investigate how politics and public trust drive coronavirus response . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240708093603/https://fordschool.umich.edu/news/2020/parthasarathy-s-nsf-grant-will-investigate-how-politics-and-public-trust-drive-coronavirus . 8 July 2024 . Ford School of Public Policy . University of Michigan.
  15. Web site: Parthasarathy . Shobita . 4 June 2023 . Award Abstract # 2027745: RAPID: Cultural Differences in Shaping Diagnostic Testing Regimes in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240603102809/https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2027745&HistoricalAwards=false . 3 June 2024 . U.S. National Science Foundation.
  16. Web site: Technology Assessment Project | Science, Technology and Public Policy (STPP) . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240620113733/https://stpp.fordschool.umich.edu/technology-assessment-project . 20 June 2024 . Ford School of Public Policy . University of Michigan.
  17. Book: Parthasarathy, Shobita . Building Genetic Medicine: Breast Cancer, Technology, and the Comparative Politics of Health Care . MIT Press . 2007 . 9780262162425 . Inside Technology.
  18. Web site: 24 August 2009 . Declaration of Shobita Parthasarathy, Ph.D. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230426215403/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55a3c094e4b0b8ef82db744c/t/55c396dee4b07a701215825e/1438881502029/brca_Parthasarathy_declaration_20090826(2).pdf . 26 April 2023.
  19. Book: Contreras . Jorge . The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA . 26 October 2021 . Workman Publishing . 9781616209681 . 432 .
  20. Book: Parthasarathy, Shobita . Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe . University of Chicago Press . 2017 . 9780226437859.
  21. Web site: 9 November 2015. Past Awardees – Official website of the Science, Knowledge, and Technology section. . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240415214453/https://asaskat.com/past-awardees/ . 15 April 2024 . The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association.
  22. Web site: 13 June 2018 . Shobita Parthasarathy's book wins Robert K. Merton Book Award . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240723115012/https://fordschool.umich.edu/news/2018/shobita-parthasarathy-s-book-wins-robert-k-merton-book-award . 23 July 2024 . Ford School of Public Policy . University of Michigan.
  23. Web site: 25 February 2021 . Strategies for Energy and Climate Innovation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210226135858/https://appropriations.house.gov/events/hearings/strategies-for-energy-and-climate-innovation . 26 February 2021 . House Committee on Appropriations.
  24. Web site: 16 July 2021 . Fostering Equity in Energy Innovation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210907232708/https://science.house.gov/hearings/fostering-equity-in-energy-innovation . 7 September 2021 . House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
  25. News: Wesolowski . Brian . 15 April 2019 . Get to Know CDT's Fellows: Shobita Parthasarathy . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240714020106/https://cdt.org/insights/get-to-knows-cdts-fellows-shobita-parthasarathy/ . 14 July 2024 . Center for Democracy and Technology.
  26. Web site: Parthasarathy . Shobita . 9 June 2013 . Permitting Ownership of Genes Stops Research . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220830205651/http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/06/06/can-the-human-blueprint-have-owners/permitting-ownership-of-genes-stops-research . 30 August 2022 . The New York Times.
  27. Web site: Parthasarathy . Shobita . 17 March 2021 . The AstraZeneca Vaccine Crisis in Europe Isn't About Science at All . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240609102743/https://slate.com/technology/2021/03/oxford-astrazeneca-vaccine-blood-clots-europe-trust.html . 9 June 2024 . Slate.
  28. Parthasarathy . Shobita . 1 September 2020 . More testing alone will not get us out of this pandemic . Nature . 585 . 7823 . 8 . 2020Natur.585....8P . 10.1038/d41586-020-02495-y . 32873975 . 221467459.
  29. Parthasarathy . Shobita . Racism is baked into patent systems . Nature . 2 November 2020 . 587 . 7832 . 30–31 . 10.1038/d41586-020-03056-z . 2020Natur.587...30P . 226244379 .
  30. Web site: Parthasarathy . Shobita . Guston . David H. . 13 October 2019 . Colleges Must Play a Role in Bridging Ethics and Technology . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200831085343/https://www.chronicle.com/article/colleges-must-play-a-role-in-bridging-ethics-and-technology/ . 31 August 2020 . The Chronicle of Higher Education.
  31. Web site: The Received Wisdom Podcast . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240609130640/https://shobitap.org/the-received-wisdom . 9 June 2024 . 26 October 2024 . Shobita Parthasarathy. 21 April 2024 .

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