Bharat Venkat

Bharat Venkat is associate professor at the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics who has joint appointments in the departments of history and anthropology. He is also the founding director of the UCLA Heat Lab.

Venkat uses an interdisciplinary approach to studying thermal inequality — the unequal distribution of the negative effects of heat, which often occurs along the lines of existing forms of inequality like race, class and disability.

He is the recipient of National Science Foundation Career Award for research on thermal inequality in India. 

Venkat’s award-winning book “At the Limits of Cure” explores the history of tuberculosis treatment and antibiotic resistance.

To reach Venkat, email him at [email protected].