Jithin Sam Varghese

ChronIQ Lab, Emory University.

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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.

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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

2025

  1. Trainee
    Depressive symptoms are not longitudinally associated with joint glycemic, blood pressure and cholesterol control among middle-aged and older adults with diabetes in USA.
    Namitha Mary Varghese, and Jithin Sam Varghese
    Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 2025
  2. Commentary: Closing Gaps in Diabetic Retinopathy Screening in India Using a Deep Learning System.
    Sally S Ong, and Jithin Sam Varghese
    JAMA Network Open, 2025
  3. The Role of Urban Residence, Race and Ethnicity, and Glycemic Control in Receiving Standards of Care and Progression to Vision-Threatening Diabetic Retinopathy.
    Jithin Sam Varghese, Vishnu Ravi Kumar, Jackson Bartelt, and 2 more authors
    Diabetes Care, 2025

2024

  1. Trainee
    Prevalence, Monitoring, Treatment, and Control of Type 2 Diabetes by Race and Sexual Orientation Among Males with HIV.
    Jiali Guo, Samuel C.O. Opara, Sophia A Hussen, and 1 more author
    AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 2024