Jithin Sam Varghese
Global Diabetes Research Center, Emory University.
Rollins School of Public Health
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
I am an Assistant Professor at the Emory Global Diabetes Research Center and Hubert Department of Global Health. I currently co-lead the EGDRC Diabetes Translational Accelerator to support PhD students and Advisors in launching their dissertation as a startup.
Student Opportunities
My current projects are on the projects page. I enjoy working with driven and curious Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral students. Given the nature of the projects I work on, some prior coursework and demonstrating proficiency in programming is ideal. I am happy to meet and discuss how we can work together.
Here is a link to my CV
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Experience and Training
2024 - Assistant Professor, Emory University
2023 - 2024 Assistant Research Professor, Emory University
2022 - 2023 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Emory University
2018 - 2022 Nutrition and Health Sciences Doctoral Program, Emory University
2015 - 2018 Research Analyst, St. John's Research Institute
2014 - 2015 Junior Consultant, IMS Health
2009 - 2014 Dual Degree, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras
As part of my PhD, I studied how wealth over the life course is associated with cognition and health (physical, mental, socio-emotional) in low- and middle-income countries. My work used data from the COHORTS collaboration, a consortium of six birth cohorts from five LMICs.
As part of my Postdoctoral Fellowship, I worked with Global Diabetes Research Center on three topics: diabetes subphenotypes, long COVID (post-acute sequelae) and cardiometabolic disease care continuum.
selected publications
2024
- Advancing diabetes surveillance ecosystems: a case study of India.The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2024