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Latika Gupta

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, University of Birmingham, General Medical Council, Royal College of Physicians, The Francis Crick Institute

Research areas: Medicine · Rheumatology · Inflammatory Myopathies and Dermatomyositis · Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases · Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma

ORCID iD 0000-0003-2753-2990

About

Dr Latika Gupta (MD, MRCP, DM) is a Consultant Rheumatologist at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham. Her work spans inflammatory myopathies, translational research, digital health, and health equity.

She leads and contributes to several international initiatives, including efforts to standardise biosample processing for rare diseases, EULAR vaccination guidelines for rheumatic conditions, and IMACS–CARRA–SHARE recommendations for juvenile dermatomyositis. Dr Gupta also heads the EULAR Study Group on Social Media in Rheumatology and the COVAD study group, which has reported patient outcomes from over 65,000 individuals with autoimmune diseases.

She currently serves on the editorial board of Rheumatology. As of August 2024, she has published 274 peer-reviewed articles, with over 4,500 citations and an H-index of 32.

Dr Gupta is actively involved in academic mentorship and leadership, co-leading the MIHRA mentorship programme and serving in roles with IMACS, APLAR, EMEUNET, and BSR. Her academic profile is available at: https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/en/persons/latika-gupta

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Education

Projects & Funding

  • STREAM study: Synchronized triage, telemedicine and remote monitoring Rotha Abraham Bequest
    2026 - Present
  • STREAM Study: Synchronized triage, telemedicine and remote monitoring Rotary Dowding Funds
    2026 - Present
  • Gender equity among rheumatology professionals ILAR: International League of Associations for Rheumatology
    2021 - 2023
  • TGF β induced fibrosis pathways SGPGIMS
    2021 - 2023
  • Assessing the sensitivity and specificity of myositis-specific and associated autoantibodies Bird Bath Foundation
    2019 - 2021
  • Immunoprecipitation for autoantibody assessment in IIM SGPGIMS
    2019 - 2021
  • M694V gene polymorphismMEFV gene polymorphism in the pathogenesis of Reactive Arthritis SGPGIMS
    2019 - 2021
  • Serum, urine and tissue metabolomics for disease activity and damage in IIM APLAR
    2017 - 2019

Publications (327)