Our Network
Join our community to network and connect with interns from around the world.
Meet Our DVSC26 Participants
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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 -

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 -

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 -

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 -

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, 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 -

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 -

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 -

Marwa Nasar, Medical Student, Pakistan
malikyahya754@gmail.com
Internal Medicine; Type 2 Diabetes; Oncology; Palliative Care; Medical Education; AI in Healthcare -
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 -

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 -

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 -

Siddharth Sunilkumar, Researcher, USA
sxs6810@psu.edu
Diabetes; age-related macro- and microvascular complications -

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 -

Ishmal Waheed, Undergraduate Student, Pakistan
ishmalwaheed45@gmail.com
Diabetes -

Wajiha Zulfiqar, Master's Student, USA
wzulfiqa@purdue.edu
Clinical Research; Type 2 Diabetes; Obesity; Nutrition
Notes:
Our Network does not include every DVSC26 participant as one must choose to opt in to this community page.
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DVSC26 participants who would like to be part of this network must email us your full name (first name & last name), professional title, home country, contact email address, and clinical/research area of your interest.