Jithin Sam Varghese

Global Diabetes Research Center, 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

2024

  1. New
    Risk of New-Onset Diabetes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Real-World Cohort Study.
    Jithin Sam VargheseMohammed K. Ali, Yi Guo, and 3 more authors
    Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2024
  2. New
    Body mass index changes and their association with SARS-CoV-2 infection: a real-world analysis.
    Jithin Sam Varghese, Yi Guo, Mohammed K. Ali, and 2 more authors
    International Journal of Obesity, 2024
  3. New
    Anthropometric prediction models of body composition in 3 to 24month old infants: a multicenter international study.
    Pujitha Wickramasinghe, Shabina Ariff, Shane A. Norris, and 11 more authors
    European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2024
  4. Advancing diabetes surveillance ecosystems: a case study of India.
    Jithin Sam Varghese, Emily N Peterson, Mohammed K. Ali, and 1 more author
    The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 2024