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- **Posted:** 2025-10-09T13:45:49.000+00:00
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Nabarun Dasgupta, an epidemiologist and researcher with UNC’s Gillings School of Public Health, is the latest Chapel Hill faculty member earn a MacArthur Foundation fellowship.

The private philanthropic organization announced its 2025 class of MacArthur Fellows on Wednesday, with Dasgupta among 22 people selected for the five-year grants, which come with no conditions. He was chosen for his work in harm reduction efforts through scientific research, leading UNC’s Opioid Data Lab as part of the university’s Injury Prevention Center. His projects aim to prevent opioid-related deaths and harmful drug use by informing users what substances are in their supplies and distributing antidotes to communities where it could reserve overdoses.

“Our mission is science in service,” Dasgupta said through a university release about his fellowship. “We want people to have access to the best knowledge and tools, so they can make better decisions about what they put in their bodies. This award is a testament to hundreds of community programs and health departments we serve, where lifesaving work happens.”

Dasgupta spoke with 97.9 The Hill in May to detail his lab’s work and how a harm reduction approach can help save more lives, further describing his lab’s work as a “public service.”

“What we do that’s different from the traditional research paradigm is that we provide results directly back to the individuals who provided the samples using a QR code that’s part of the kits that we developed,” he said. “This is one of the specific ways in which we are going beyond the research and turning this moment of overdose crisis into a way for us to help people on the front lines.”

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