Mohammed K. Ali, MBChB, MSc, MBA
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Biography
Mohammed K. Ali, MBChB, MSc, MBA, is a professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health and Department of Epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health and in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine.
Board certified in family medicine, Dr. Ali has master’s training in cardiovascular medicine, global health, and business and management with expertise in diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and implementation/translation sciences. He has extensive experience in study design, implementation and management of large population-based studies, as well as quality assurance and control.
Education
Dr. Ali earned his medical degree from the University of Cape Town in South Africa and completed master’s degrees in global health and cardiovascular medicine from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom as a Rhodes Scholar and in business and management from Emory University.
Titles & Roles
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Vice Chair of Research and Professor of MedicineEmory University School of Medicine
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Associate Professor of Global Health and EpidemiologyRollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Research
Dr. Ali's areas of interest include the application of epidemiology and implementation science as they relate to diabetes, cardiovascular health, and health services improvement. He co-directs an NIDDK-funded Center for Diabetes Translation Research and serves as a scientific advisor for the Division of Diabetes Translation at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has also led and contributed to reports commissioned by the World Bank, the World Health Organization, and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.
Grants
Publications
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Lessons from a long cohort study of diabetes in South Asia. Nature medicine |
SA Patel, D Kondal, M Deepa, HH Chang, V Radha, S Mohan, YV Sun, AA Quyyumi, MK Ali, N Tandon, V Mohan, D Prabhakaran, KMV Narayan | 09/12/2025 |
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JAMA psychiatry |
H Schillok, J Gensichen, M Panagioti, J Gunn, L Junker, K Lukaschek, C Jung-Sievers, P Sterner, L Kaupe, T Dreischulte, MK Ali, E Aragonès, DB Bekelman, B Herbeck Belnap, RM Carney, LA Chwastiak, PA Coventry, KW Davidson, ML Ekstrand, A Flehr, S Fletcher, LP Hölzel, K Huijbregts, V Mohan, V Patel, DA Richards, BL Rollman, C Salisbury, GE Simon, K Srinivasan, J Unützer, CM van der Feltz-Cornelis, KB Wells, T Zimmermann, M Bühner | 09/01/2025 |
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The Lancet. Global health |
TV Sekher, D Flood, H Green, P Hu, MK Ali, A Shete, S Pedgaonkar, KM Langa, EM Crimmins, DE Bloom, J Lee | 09/01/2025 |
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International journal of obesity (2005) |
JS Varghese, DR Goldsmith, RO Cotes, V Ravikumar, MK Ali, FJ Pasquel | 08/15/2025 |
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BMC health services research |
SD Turbow, CP Vaughan, MK Ali, SD Culler | 08/14/2025 |
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Journal of general internal medicine |
ZW Cooper, LCM Johnson, SA Patel, SR Aravind, N Tandon, RM Anjana, S Poongothai, GR Sridhar, V Mohan, L Chwastiak, MK Ali | 08/13/2025 |
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Blood Pressure Measurements From Self-Service Health Kiosks in US Retail Stores, 2017-2024. JAMA cardiology |
TW Hsiao, JS Varghese, L Fede, C Gocke, LA Waller, MK Ali | 08/06/2025 |
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Nature communications |
F Teufel, P Roddewig, ME Marcus, M Theilmann, G Andall-Brereton, K Aryal, S Azadnajafabad, P Bovet, M Dorobantu, F Farzadfar, C Houehanou, A Sibai, AC Stokes, D Labadarios, M Gurung, J Jorgensen, K Karki, N Lunet, S Saeedi Moghaddam, KJ Mwangi, L Sturua, T Bärnighausen, D Flood, P Geldsetzer, A Damasceno, J Davies, S Vollmer, MK Ali, J Manne-Goehler, C Bulstra | 08/04/2025 |
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Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome: A new frontier or simple rebranding? PLoS medicine |
J Manne-Goehler, WDF Venter, MK Ali, JVA Franco | 08/01/2025 |
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BMJ global health |
K Suvada, EL Kocher, MH Chung, C Kundu, H Moraa, N Ngumbau, C Maina, L Brunissen, MK Ali, J Kinuthia, EW Kamau, LCM Johnson | 07/31/2025 |
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Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR |
P Balthazar, I Graetz, JM Switchenko, OS Jung, MK Ali, MS Newell, J Hollberg, N Safdar, G Sadigh | 07/22/2025 |
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Diabetes prevalence, awareness, and control in the United States, 2017-2023. Diabetes & metabolism |
JL Harding, C Hu, JS Varghese, RM Carrillo-Larco, MK Ali | 07/01/2025 |
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BMJ global health |
M Theilmann, SS Mani, P Geldsetzer, SA Patel, MK Ali, H Thirumurthy, KMV Narayan, V Mohan, N Tandon, D Prabhakaran, N Sudharsanan | 06/13/2025 |
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Is the Current Lifestyle Modification Approach to Diabetes Prevention in the U.S. a Success? Diabetes care |
JB Echouffo-Tcheugui, RJ Chakkalakal, MK Ali | 06/01/2025 |
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REPRIEVE final results: What does it mean for guidelines in low- and middle-income countries? Journal of the International AIDS Society |
S Sokhela, JM Manne-Goehler, S Lalla-Edward, MJ Siedner, MK Ali, A Hill, A Mody, A Pozniak, J Nel, WDF Venter | 06/01/2025 |
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Leveraging Historical Patient Data to Identify Undiagnosed Diabetes and Prediabetes in Routine Care. Diabetes care |
Z Li, MK Ali, JS Varghese | 05/01/2025 |
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Risk of New-Onset Diabetes Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Real-World Cohort Study. Journal of general internal medicine |
JS Varghese, MK Ali, Y Guo, WT Donahoo, RJ Chakkalakal | 05/01/2025 |
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Social science & medicine (1982) |
C Favaretti, VS Pillai, M McConnell, MK Ali, S Murthy, A Chandrasekar, SD Yan, N Sudharsanan | 05/01/2025 |
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International journal of epidemiology |
I Gupta, D Kondal, S Mohan, M Deepa, RM Anjana, MK Ali, KMV Narayan, V Mohan, N Tandon, D Prabhakaran, SA Patel | 04/12/2025 |
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Diabetes care |
P Li, MK Ali, KMV Narayan, GE Umpierrez, VA Fonseca, L Shi, H Shao | 04/01/2025 |
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Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education |
CM Audet, LJ Roller, MH Aliyu, L Rolando, M Alva, M Ali, JS Schildcrout, R Chakkalakal | 04/01/2025 |
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Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America |
CD Lahiri, CC Mehta, Q Yang, T Maramba, J Musonge-Effoe, CA Yang, JB Dumond, ML Alcaide, JE Lake, LH Rubin, AL French, J Cocohoba, SG Kassaye, A Sharma, FJ Palella, J Mellors, D Konkle-Parker, E Topper, M Augenbraun, MK Ali, AN Sheth, TR Ziegler, I Ofotokun, JA Alvarez | 03/17/2025 |
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Changes in diabetes care and management practices during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of public health (Oxford, England) |
K Vashist, JK Frediani, MB Weber, MK Ali, KMV Narayan, SA Patel | 02/28/2025 |
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Diabetes in migrant communities: a rising healthcare priority. BMJ open diabetes research & care |
GE Umpierrez, MK Ali | 02/26/2025 |
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Non-invasive markers of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis following INSTI initiation in women with HIV. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America |
MA Yu, L Gerig, CC Mehta, J Musonge-Effoe, JA Alvarez, I Ofotokun, AN Sheth, MK Ali, TR Ziegler, Q Yang, AB Spence, ML Alcaide, JB Dumond, AG Abraham, AL French, M Augenbraun, K Anastos, JC Price, PC Tien, CD Lahiri | 02/03/2025 |
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International journal of hypertension |
A Muhe, MH Kahissay, MK Ali, SA Cunningham, BM Habte | 01/01/2025 |
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Scientific reports |
T Manyazewal, MK Ali, T Kebede, S Solomon, D Hailemariam, SA Patel, C Escoffery, Y Woldeamanuel, F Marinucci, M Joseph, T Getinet, W Amogne, A Fekadu, VC Marconi | 11/21/2024 |
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Changes in Diabetes Care and Management Practices during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Research square |
K Vashist, JK Frediani, MB Weber, MK Ali, KMV Narayan, SA Patel | 01/18/2024 |
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BMJ open diabetes research & care |
JL Harding, Y Wang, B McDonald, JC Gander, SA Oviedo, MK Ali | 07/01/2023 |
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Quality of Care in Adults With Diabetes Diabetes in America |
JM Lawrence, SS Casagrande, WH Herman, DJ Wexler, WT Cefalu, JH Hwang, MK Ali, ES Huang | 01/01/2023 |
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Frontiers in public health |
I Gupta, SA Patel, D Kondal, M Goodman, S Mohan, MK Ali, N Tandon, KMV Narayan, D Prabhakaran, K Shridhar | 01/01/2023 |
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BMJ open |
K Suvada, A Zimmer, J Soodalter, JS Malik, D Kavalieratos, MK Ali | 06/16/2022 |