She is an immigrant with clinical and research interests in interpersonal, gendered and oppression-related trauma among marginalized communities including refugees, asylum seekers and other international populations. She also has an interest in local and global diversity along different dimensions of identity. Dr. Dasgupta has worked in integrated healthcare with refugees and asylees at the Colorado Refugee Wellness Center, and with immigrants at the Asian Pacific Development Center in Aurora, Colorado. She obtained her PhD from Miami University of Oxford, Ohio, and a BS in Biology and Psychology from the University of California at Riverside. She is a native Bengali speaker, and also speaks conversational Hindi.