Jithin Sam Varghese

I am an Assistant Research 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

2023 -      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.