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Meet Our DVSC26 Participants

  • Julietta Adiguezalian, Undergraduate Student, USA

    juliea20059@gmail.com
    Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Endocrinology; Women’s & Postpartum Endocrine Health

  • Sixtus Aguree, Assistant Professor, USA

    saguree@iu.edu
    Nutrition; Metabolic Health

  • Abrar Ahmad, Research Scientist, Sweden

    abrar.ahmad@med.lu.se
    Vascular complications of diabetes; Endothelial biology; Precision diabetes medicine; Biomarker discovery; Multi-omics

  • Prince Antwi Sarpong, RN, Ghana

    nanaantwi157@gmail.com
    Influence of mobile food delivery platforms on dietary patterns; Type 2 diabetes risk among young adults in Accra

  • Doha Arafa, Master's Student, USA

    darafa1@lsu.edu
    Basic Science Research; Type 2 Diabetes; Diabetic Complications; Obesity; Metabolism

  • Vishal Ashok Kumar, Medical Student, Pakistan

    vc1811610@gmail.com
    Internal Medicine 

  • Peter Babatunde, M.P.H., Nigeria

    Peterbabs02@yahoo.com
    Nutritional Biochemistry; Molecular Metabolism; Endocrinology; Pharmacology; Cancer Biology

  • Camila Baez-Smith, Master's Student, USA

    camilabaezsmith3@gmail.com
    Academia; Basic Science Research; Clinical Practice; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Diabetic Complications; Fatty Liver Disease/MASH; Thyroid Disease; Obesity; Other Metabolic Diseases; Other Endocrine Disorders; Metabolism

  • Ermias Alemayehu Beriso, Master's Student, Ethiopia

    ermiasalemayehu512@gmail.com
    Basic Science Research; Academia; Clinical Research; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Gestational Diabetes; Diabetic Complications; Aging; Obesity; Metabolism

  • Hansika Bharol, High School Student, USA

    hansikabharol@gmail.com
    Clinical Practice; Clinical Research; Basic Science Research; Academia; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Thyroid Disease; Fatty Liver Disease/MASH; Other Endocrine Disorders; Other Metabolic Diseases; Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine; Metabolism; Mental Health

  • Marwane Boussib, Physician, Morocco

    marwane.boussib@gmail.com
    Clinical Practice; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Gestational Diabetes; Diabetic Complications; Fatty Liver Disease/MASH; Other Metabolic Diseases; Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine; Obesity; Nutrition; Exercise; Metabolism; Aging

  • Simona Carniciu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Romania

    cassimona@gmail.com
    Clinical Research; Academia; Type 2 Diabetes; Fatty Liver Disease/MASH; Other Endocrine Disorders; Other Metabolic Diseases; Aging; Obesity; Nutrition; Metabolism

  • Christine Catalano Jones, Healthcare Professional, USA

    cec.catalano99@gmail.com
    Diabetes Care; Diabetes Technology

  • Marlene Correia, PhD Student, Portugal

    marlene24@ua.pt
    Basic Science Research; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Biomaterials

  • Emma Damko, High School Student, USA

    emmadamko@gmail.com
    Type 1 Diabetes

  • Derbal Wissem, Master's Student, Algeria

    wissemderbal7@gmail.com
    Developmental Genetics; Genomics; Molecular Genetics; Biomedical Research

  • Esra Derin, Medical Doctor, Türkiye

    dresraderin@gmil.com
    Endocrinology; diabetes; metabolic syndrome

  • Israel Desta, Healthcare Professional, Ethiopia

    israel.desta48@gmail.com
    Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Complications; Community Awareness; Nursing; Patient Care

  • Rajanti Dey, Graduate Student, India

    rajanti2000@gmail.com
    Enzyme biochemistry and molecular mechanistic investigation of metabolic disease biology; Allosteric regulation and post-translational control of tyrosine kinases; Non-receptor kinases and their upstream activating receptors

  • Adishree Diksha, High School Student, USA

    adishree.diksha@gmail.com
    Diabetic complication; fatty liver disease/MASH; thyroid disease; bone disorders; other endocrine disorders; other metabolic diseases; cardiovascular medicine; Internal medicine

  • Agnes Doszpoly, Master's Student, USA

    adoszpol@purdue.edu
    Diabetes Metabolism; Immunology; Neuroengineering; Reproductive Biology

  • Prabin Duwadee, MBBS, Nepal

    dr.duwadeeprabin@gmail.com
    Diabetes and metabolic diseases; Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes; diabetic complications; obesity; fatty liver disease (MASH); thyroid disorders; cardiovascular medicine; internal medicine; nutrition; exercise; clinical research in endocrinology; metabolic medicine

  • Peter Ebasone, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cameroon

    ebasone@wisc.edu
    Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Obesity; Metabolism; Cardiovascular Medicine; Diabetic Complications; Cardiometabolic Disease; Machine Learning/AI

  • Ubong Ekperikpe, Postdoctoral Fellow, Nigeria

    ekperikpeubong@gmail.com
    Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; metabolic dysfunction-associated kidney diseases; Fatty Liver Disease/MASH; Other Metabolic Diseases; Obesity; Nutrition; Metabolism

  • Elif Elveren, Physician, Turkey

    elif.elveren@outlook.com
    Endothelial biology; Vascular complications of metabolic disorders

  • Sena Esen, Undergraduate Student, Türkiye

    senaesen09@gmail.com
    Obesity; Type 2 Diabetes; NAFLD; Metabolic Diseases; Gut Microbiome; Multi-omics

  • Jacqui Filbeck, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and MPH Student, USA

    jfilbeck@unc.edu
    Clinical Research; Trauma-informed behavioral health; maladaptive binge eating as a trauma-related coping response; binge eating disorder; type 2 diabetes; nutrition and food systems; health disparities among Black women; culturally responsive somatic interventions for diabetes prevention; chronic disease management

  • Diane Fuentes, Post-undergraduate, USA

    dianefuentes100@yahoo.com
    Health Disparities; Diabetes; Hispanic Studies; Obesity; Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Cardiovascular; Preventive Medicine; Epigenetics

  • Fethi Gebremichael, Undergraduate Student, USA

    fethigebremichael@gmail.com
    Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; GLP-1; Diabetic Complications; Translational Research; Clinical Research

  • Claudia Guillen, Fellow, Mexico

    claudia.guillen.md@gmail.com
    Diabetes; Obesity; Lipids; Cardio-kidney Metabolic Syndrome

  • Buuson Hang, Undergraduate Student, USA

    hangbuuson@gmail.com

    Public Health; Oral Health

  • Sorina Ispas, Physician-Scientist, Romania

    sorina.ispas@365.univ-ovidius.ro
    Diabete; Obesity; Lifestyle Medicine; Cardiometabolic Diseases; Lipidology; Diabetic Foot; Artificial Intelligence in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening; Preventive Medicine; Medical Research

  • Kayla Jackson, CCMA, USA

    kj754151@gmail.com
    Gestational Diabetes; Hormone abnormality as it relates to diabetes

  • Rebecca John, Nursing Student, Nigeria

    rebeecajohn00@gmail.com
    Diabetes Care and Research; Cardiovascular Medicine; Nutrition

  • Gaurav Khandare , Registered Pharmacist & Epidemiologist -MBBS, India

    gauravkhandare598@gmail.com
    Oncology; Diabetology; Clinical and Epidemiological Research

  • Yakshita Khatri

    Yakshita Khatri, Pre-Medical Student, India

    Yakshitakhatri.official@gmail.com
    Cardiovascular medicine (i.e. digital twin heart); AI-driven healthcare; Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes; Public health; Aging; Metabolism; Nutrition

  • Gyulin Kim, South Korea, Undergraduate Student

    gyulinkim24@naver.com
    Type 2 Diabetes; Fatty Liver Disease/MASH; Cardiovascular Medicine; Obesity

  • Haley Ko, Undergraduate Student/Research Assistant, USA

    haleyko@southern.edu
    Obesity; Diabetes; Functioning; Physical Activity; CPC; GLPs

  • Vivek Kumar, Master's Student, India

    22ilmg31@uohyd.ac.in
    Computational Biology, Genomics, Gut Microbiome, Cancer Biology, Diabetes, and Parkinson’s disease, with a focus on understanding disease mechanisms through computational and data-driven approaches, as well as vulture genomics and conservation genomics.

  • Joshua Labadah, PhD Candidate, USA

    joshlabadah@gmail.com
    Research - Molecular mechanisms that underlie exercise induced improvement in glycemic control

  • Piaopiao Li, Instructor, China

    piaopiao.li@emory.edu
    Trial emulation; comparative effectiveness; microsimulation model; cost-effectiveness analysis; machine learning applications in diabetes and obesity population

  • Votey Luong, Medical Student, USA

    Luongvotey@gmail.com
    Diabetes prevention and management; Precision medicine; Diabetes clinical research; Global health; Diabetes technology

  • Nada Madkour, Medical Resident, USA

    nada.n.madkour@gmail.com
    Clinical Practice; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Obesity; Nutrition; Metabolism

  • Ruchika Maurya, Postdoctoral Fellow, India

    ruchika6566maurya@gmail.com
    Type 1 Diabetes

  • Mohammad Athar Mehraj, Postdoctoral Fellow, India

    atharmehraj@nii.ac.in
    Basic Science Research; Type 2 Diabetes; Fatty Liver Disease/MASH; Diabetic Complications; Metabolism; Immunometabolism

  • Nesrine Meziani, Medical Representative, Algeria

    ness29590@gmail.com
    Type 1 diabetes; Type 2 diabetes

  • Mohamed Mosad, Medical Student, Egypt

    memomosad12@gmail.com
    Clinical Practice; Clinical Research; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Evidence-Based Medicine

  • Abdullah Mughal, MBBS Student, Pakistan

    abdullah.mughal1913@gmail.com
    Diabetes and metabolic diseases; Medical research; Artificial intelligence in healthcare; Mental health support for medical students

  • Marwa Nasar, Medical Student, Pakistan

    malikyahya754@gmail.com
    Internal Medicine; Type 2 Diabetes; Oncology; Palliative Care; Medical Education; AI in Healthcare

  • Amel Noureddine, Medical Representative, Algeria

    amelnoureddine19@gmail.com
    Obesity; Nutrition; Diabetes

  • Anna Nowak-Szwed, Clinical Fellow, USA

    anowaksz@joslin.harvard.edu
    Clinical Research; Academia; Basic Science Research; Translational Research; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Diabetic Complications; Cardiovascular Medicine; Aging; Obesity; Metabolism

  • Nze Pedro Nwachukwu, Post-undergraduate, Nigeria

    nzenwachukwu101@gmail.com
    Basic Science Research; Clinical Practice; Academia

  • Ayodeji Olanrewaju, Graduate Student, Nigeria

    olanrewajuayodeji53@gmail.com
    Pancreatic Diabetes (T3cDM)

  • Rachel Owad, Undergraduate Student, USA

    rachelowad@gmail.com
    Human Biology; bacteriophage; diabetes; osteoarthritis research 

  • Shutish Patel, Physician, USA

    shutish.patel@gmail.com
    Clinical Practice; Other Metabolic Diseases

  • Neek Patel, High School Student, USA

    neekpatel485@gmail.com
    Opthamology; Endocrine disorders; Surgery

  • Afsheen Pattan, High School Student, USA

    afsheen15.p@gmail.com
    Basic Science Research

  • Alyssa Payne, Undergraduate Student, USA

    apayne16@terpmail.umd.edu
    Research; Association between comprehensive primary care and diabetes management outcomes

  • Porntummarot Phothi, Faculty, USA

    p.phothi001@umb.edu
    Clinical Practice; Clinical Research; Academia; Gestational Diabetes; Diabetes Self-management; Maternal Complications; NCDs in Pregnancy

  • Aya Ramadan, Medical Student, Egypt

    Aya.ramadan2062@gmail.com
    Cardiometabolic health; diabetes-related cardiovascular complications; Cardiovascular Medicine; Internal Medicine

  • Julio Rebolledo, Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Pharmacist, USA

    jrebol2@uic.edu
    Telemedicine-based diabetes management in the prison setting

  • Sanvi Rokkala, High School Student, USA

    sanvi.rokkala@gmail.com
    Oncology; Immunology; Endocrinology; Anesthesiology; Molecular Biology; Thyroid Disease; Internal Medicine; Gestational Diabetes; Fatty Liver Disease; Metabolic Disease; Cardiovascular Disease; Diabetic Complications; Pathobiology; Physiology; Microbiology

  • Vedita Sawhney, Post-Undergraduate, USA

    veditasawhney@gmail.com
    Molecular mechanisms that drive insulin resistance

  • Meghana Hosahalli Shivananda Murthy, Ph.D. Student, USA

    mshivana@arizona.edu
    Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Diabetes Pathophysiology; Diabetic Complications; Fibrosis; Single-cell Genomics; Computational Biology

  • Srishti Sisodiya, Undergraduate Student, India

    srishtisisodiyaarr21@gmail.com
    Diabetes Pathophysiology; Metabolic Disorders; Prevention and Rehabilitation of Diabetic Complications

  • Imad Soukar, Postdoctoral Fellow, USA

    Imad.Soukar@TuftsMedicalCenter.org
    Gestational Diabetes; Muscle insulin sensitivity; GLP-1; GIP therapeutics

  • Roshni Subramani, Post-Undergraduate, USA

    roshni22subramani@gmail.com
    Pediatrics, Health Disparities, Computational Biology, Autoimmune Disorders

  • Siddharth Sunilkumar, Researcher, USA

    sxs6810@psu.edu
    Diabetes; age-related macro- and microvascular complications

  • Tadesse Dagget Tesfaye, Assistant Professor, Ethiopia

    tadessedagget@gmail.com
    Clinical Research; Clinical Practice; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes; Aging; Metabolism; NCD Prevention; Epidemiology; Digital Health

  • Chikondi Thauzeni, Registered Nurse, Malawi

    chikondithauzeni@gmail.com
    Clinical Research; Management Complications; Type 1 Diabetes; Type 2 Diabetes

  • Maria Tsamopoulou, Physician, Greece

    tsamopouloumaria@gmail.com
    Diabetes; Exercise; Nutrition; Obesity; Metabolism; Insulin Resistance; Complications

  • Laura Valenzuela Vallejo, Physician, USA

    lvalenz3@bidmc.harvard.edu
    T2DM; obesity; insulin resistance 

  • Hansika Velagapudi, Undergraduate Student, Finland

    hansika.velagapudi@gmail.com
    Obesity; Diabetes prevention; Diabetes management; Diabetes nutrition; Cardiometabolic health.

  • Ishmal Waheed, Undergraduate Student, Pakistan

    ishmalwaheed45@gmail.com
    Diabetes

  • Lynnmarie Wang, High School Student, USA

    sendtolynnmarie@gmail.com
    Basic Science Research, Endothelial Biology, Metabolic Disorders

  • Carlea Williams, Laboratory Technician / Administrative Assistant, USA

    Williams99C@gmail.com
    Pathogenesis of Type 1 Diabetes (as well as stem cell-based models and therapies for type 1 diabetes), Endocrinology, Immunology, and Virology.

  • Md. Yasin, High School Student, Bangladesh

    shahida330377@gmail.com
    Biomedical Science; General Biology

  • Quentin Anthony T Young, MS, Researcher & Aspiring Physician-Scientist, USA

    quentin.young12@gmail.com
    Basic Research; Renal Diseases

  • Wajiha Zulfiqar, Master's Student, USA

    wzulfiqa@purdue.edu
    Clinical Research; Type 2 Diabetes; Obesity; Nutrition

Notes:

  • Our Network represents the group of DVSC26 participants who chose to be part of an online networking community.

  • Our Network serves as a base for participants to connect with each other.

  • Our Network does not include every DVSC26 participant as one must choose to opt in to this community page.

  • DVSC26 participants who would like to be part of this network must email us the following: full name (first name & last name), professional title, home country, contact email address, clinical/research area of your interest, and a headshot (photo of you). The email must be titled “DVSC26 Network Bio”