Harpreet S. Bajaj, MD, MPH, ECNU, FACE Endocrinologist, LMC Diabetes & Endocrinology, Brampton, Ontario, Canada Research Associate, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Founder, "STOP Diabetes" Foundation My main areas of research interest are: diabetes prevention, obesity and nutrition, prevention of kidney and heart complications of diabetes, fatty liver disease

Mario J Soares is a physician-scientist with a formal grounding in human nutrition and physiology. He is a tenured Teaching & Research Academic at Curtin University, Perth Australia with a cross appointment as Adjunct Professor, St. John’s Research Institute, Bangalore India. He is currently the Co-Editor in Chief of the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Dr. Shivani A Patel is a social epidemiologist who received her MPH from the University of Michigan and her PhD from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. currently a Rollins Assistant Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health. Research Interests: Social epidemiology of diabetes, cross-national comparisons, modifiable risk factors

Dr. Vijay Viswanathan M.D., Ph.D., FRCP (London & Glasgow) Ph.D in Diabetic Nephropathy from Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University after M.D. Internal Medicine. Head & Chief Diabetologist of M.V. Hospital for Diabetes & Prof.M.Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre, Royapuram, Chennai. Research Interest: various aspects of diabetes and its complications in peer-reviewed national and international scientific

Latha Palaniappan, MD, MS, FAHA, FACC, FACP Professor of Medicine Stanford University School of Medicine lathap@stanford.edu Website: DISCOVeR Lab Latha Palaniappan MD, MS, She is currently working on population based biobanking to accelerate –omics discovery and implementation of evidence based genetic and pharmacogenetic testing at Stanford.i Research Interests: internist and clinical researcher. Her current work

Dr Jason Gill BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences University of Glasgow Glasgow G12 8TA United Kingdom   Tel: + 44 141 3302916 Fax: + 44 141 3302522 Email: Jason.Gill@glasgow.ac.uk Website: http://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/icams/staff/jasongill/ Research interests are effects of exercise and diet on the prevention and management of

Alka Kanaya areas of interest are: diabetes prevention, body composition, and cardiovascular disease complications.  

Ram Jagannathan, PhD Post-Doctoral fellow, Hubert Department of Global Health Emory Global Diabetes Research Center   Ram’s research area of interest is in the field of translational medicine, mobile health, primary prevention of Type 2 Diabetes and identification of novel biomarkers for Type 2 Diabetes and its complications.   Publications          PubMed link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/myncbi/1- Ic5cq55R_Ax/bibliography/52069269/public/?sort=date&direction=ascending          Google Scholar

Thomas Yates, PhD, MSc, BSc Reader in Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Health NIHR Leicester-Loughborough Diet, Lifestyle and Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, Leicester Diabetes Centre (Origin), University of Leicester, United Kingdom Leicester Diabetes Centre - Committed to Growing International Research, Education and Innovation Research papers: Yates T, Henson J, Khunti K, Morris DH, Edwardson

Khunti, Kamlesh (Prof.)