K. M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSc, MBA
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K. M. Venkat Narayan, MD, MSC, MBA, FRCP, is the Ruth and O.C. Hubert Professor of Global Health and Epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health and a professor of medicine and endocrinology at Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Narayan serves as executive director of the Emory Global Diabetes Research Center.
A leading international diabetes expert, he is noted for substantial multidisciplinary work in diabetes and noncommunicable diseases epidemiology, pathophysiology, translation research and public health.
Dr. Narayan is an elected member of the US National Academy of Medicine and a foreign fellow of the Indian National Science Academy. He serves on the Committee of the Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Dr. Narayan has been involved in several major national and international multi-center epidemiological studies, randomized controlled trials, public health surveillance, translation research and health policy studies. His seminal scientific contributions include advancing diabetes prevention trials, conceptualizing and advancing diabetes translation research, systematic documentation of type 2 diabetes in youth and raising it as a public health problem, the world’s first assessment of lifetime risk of diabetes, models of projection of diabetes burdens, the first paper on national incidence of childhood obesity, and lately highlighting insulin-deficient phenotypes of type 2 diabetes. He is currently also exploring pancreatic beta cell biology and intriguing differences in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes in Asian, African, Native American and developing countries’ populations globally.
With more than 570 publications, including several high-impact studies, and over 210,000 citations, his work exemplifies his global leadership and influence in diabetes and noncommunicable science and public health.
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Subtypes of Type 2 Diabetes and Prediabetes: Mortality and Excess Life Lost in South Asians. Diabetes care |
R Jagannathan, D Kondal, P Tiwari, M Deepa, UP Gujral, SA Patel, S Mohan, RM Anjana, LR Staimez, R Gupta, YS Beyh, AS Oguntade, HH Chang, MK Ali, A Quyyumi, YV Sun, D Prabhakaran, N Tandon, V Mohan, KMV Narayan | 05/08/2026 |
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Age at type 2 diabetes diagnosis, mortality, and health loss in South Asians. Diabetes research and clinical practice |
R Jagannathan, AS Oguntade, M Deepa, D Kondal, RM Anjana, SA Patel, RM Carrillo-Larco, S Mohan, HH Chang, MK Ali, AA Quyyumi, D Prabhakaran, V Mohan, KM Venkat Narayan, N Tandon | 04/09/2026 |
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Role of retinal biomarkers in diabetes detection and risk prediction: A systematic scoping review. Diabetes & metabolic syndrome |
S Kaup, S Bhat, EE Reardon, V Prathiba, R Rajalakshmi, RM Carrillo-Larco, R Jagannathan, RM Anjana, MK Ali, V Mohan, SS Kar, A Madabhushi, MB Weber, KM Venkat Narayan | 03/30/2026 |
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Diabetes care |
SM Sakr, S Desai, J Medina-Inojosa, C Liu, AC Razavi, AK Yadalam, YA Ko, T Ahmed, KA Harris, J Huang, R Yeboah, N Haroun, JD Hartsfield, M Owais, R Lodhi, AA Eldaidamouni, M Al Kasem, MK Ali, KMV Narayan, FJ Pasquel, N Tandon, V Mohan, AA Quyyumi | 03/01/2026 |
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Diabetologia |
Z Li, S Liu, JC Ho, KMV Narayan, MK Ali, JS Varghese | 02/21/2026 |
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Diabetes research and clinical practice |
E Mathews, TN Nair Anand, A Joseph, B Kodapally, R Pilankatta, KMV Narayan, B Oldenburg, KR Thankappan | 02/01/2026 |
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medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences |
K Singh, A Roy, D Kondal, K Nikhare, M Gandral, SG Patil, K Aithal, G Mp, M Gupta, K Madan, J Sawhney, K Ali, M Jain, S Kushwaha, D Jindal, E Mendenhall, SA Patel, KV Narayan, N Tandon, MD Huffman, D Prabhakaran | 01/30/2026 |
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Diabetes technology & therapeutics |
S Kaup, S Sil Kar, RM Carrillo-Larco, R Dhamdhere, M Lebowitz, RM Anjana, R Jagannathan, MK Ali, V Mohan, KMV Narayan, A Madabhushi, R Rajalakshmi | 01/23/2026 |
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Association between adipokines and glycemia in children under age 8: the PROGRESS cohort of Mexico. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences |
YS Beyh, H Wu, KMV Narayan, LR Staimez, U Ramakrishnan, MK Bhasin, M Tolentino-Dolores, G Estrada-Gutierrez, M Yitshak-Sade, R Wright, MM Téllez-Rojo, AA Baccarelli | 01/22/2026 |
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Type 2 diabetes subtypes classification: a global reckoning with heterogeneity. The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology |
R Jagannathan, LR Staimez, KMV Narayan | 11/01/2025 |
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Copenhagen Declaration: a transformative vision for global diabetes. The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology |
KMV Narayan | 07/01/2025 |
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Health affairs (Project Hope) |
I Fischer, KM Narayan, KR Siegel | 04/01/2025 |
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International journal of hypertension |
RM Carrillo-Larco, JS Varghese, A Quyyumi, KMV Narayan, PWF Wilson, MK Ali | 01/01/2025 |
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Association between Dietary Practices and Growth Trajectories in Preschool Children. American journal of epidemiology |
RE Jones-Antwi, KMV Narayan, SA Cunningham | 07/24/2024 |
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Annual review of public health |
RJ Chakkalakal, KI Galaviz, S Thirunavukkarasu, MK Shah, KMV Narayan | 05/01/2024 |
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JAMA pediatrics |
UP Gujral, S Barkin, KMV Narayan | 10/01/2023 |
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Bidirectionality between Cardiometabolic Diseases and COVID-19: Role of Humoral Immunity. Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) |
EA Yu, RP Jackman, MJ Glesby, KV Narayan | 09/01/2023 |
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Achieving replicable subphenotypes of adult-onset diabetes. The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology |
JS Varghese, RM Carrillo-Larco, KV Narayan | 09/01/2023 |
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Managing type 2 diabetes needs a paradigm change. The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology |
KMV Narayan, R Jagannathan, M Ridderstråle | 08/01/2023 |
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The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology |
S Hassan, UP Gujral, RC Quarells, EC Rhodes, MK Shah, J Obi, WH Lee, L Shamambo, MB Weber, KMV Narayan | 07/01/2023 |
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Computer methods and programs in biomedicine update |
JC Ho, LR Staimez, KMV Narayan, L Ohno-Machado, RL Simpson, VS Hertzberg | 01/01/2023 |
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The American journal of clinical nutrition |
J Nielsen, KV Narayan, SA Cunningham | 01/01/2023 |
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Primary care diabetes |
JS Varghese, KMV Narayan | 12/01/2022 |
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American journal of epidemiology |
J Nielsen, A Hulman, KMV Narayan, SA Cunningham | 10/20/2022 |
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Nature reviews. Endocrinology |
C Ke, KMV Narayan, JCN Chan, P Jha, BR Shah | 07/01/2022 |
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Diabetes care |
JA Schmittdiel, AS Adams, D Haire-Joshu, M Heisler, GA Piatt, R Ackermann, MH Chin, JS Gonzalez, SM Manson, KMV Narayan, D Schillinger, AG Brega | 05/01/2022 |
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Rising diabetes diagnosis in long COVID. The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology |
KMV Narayan, LR Staimez | 05/01/2022 |
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Interventions for Reversing Prediabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. American journal of preventive medicine |
KI Galaviz, MB Weber, K Suvada, UP Gujral, J Wei, R Merchant, S Dharanendra, JS Haw, KMV Narayan, MK Ali | 04/01/2022 |
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Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews |
D Al-Abdulrazzaq, A Alkandari, F Alhusaini, N Alenazi, UP Gujral, KMV Narayan, H Al-Kandari | 03/01/2022 |
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Untamed Pandemic of Diabetes: 100 years After the Discovery of Insulin. Endocrinology and metabolism clinics of North America |
KMV Narayan | 09/01/2021 |
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JAMA |
PJ Hotez, KMV Narayan | 06/15/2021 |
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BMJ open diabetes research & care |
UP Gujral, R Jagannathan, S He, M Huang, LR Staimez, J Wei, N Singh, KMV Narayan | 04/01/2021 |
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Progress in diabetes prevention or epidemiology-or both, or neither? The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology |
MK Ali, JA Seiglie, KMV Narayan | 04/01/2021 |
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JAMA |
KMV Narayan, JW Curran, WH Foege | 02/09/2021 |
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Nutrients |
AM Naser, FJ He, M Rahman, KMV Narayan, NRC Campbell | 09/11/2020 |
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COVID-19 and ethnicity: who will research results apply to? Lancet (London, England) |
S Treweek, NG Forouhi, KMV Narayan, K Khunti | 06/27/2020 |
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Nexus of COVID-19 and diabetes pandemics: Global public health lessons. Diabetes research and clinical practice |
M Bergman, R Jagannathan, KMV Narayan | 06/01/2020 |
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Why are South Asians prone to type 2 diabetes? A hypothesis based on underexplored pathways. Diabetologia |
KMV Narayan, AM Kanaya | 06/01/2020 |
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Tailoring lifestyle programmes for diabetes prevention for US South Asians. Family medicine and community health |
MB Weber, MM Hennink, KMV Narayan | 01/01/2020 |
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Diabetes in Normal-Weight Individuals: High Susceptibility in Nonwhite Populations. Diabetes care |
UP Gujral, KMV Narayan | 12/01/2019 |
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Trends in Lifestyle Counseling for Adults With and Without Diabetes in the U.S., 2005-2015. American journal of preventive medicine |
MK Shah, MA Moore, KMV Narayan, MK Ali | 11/01/2019 |
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Tale of two Indians: Heterogeneity in type 2 diabetes pathophysiology. Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews |
LR Staimez, M Deepa, MK Ali, V Mohan, RL Hanson, KMV Narayan | 11/01/2019 |
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Diabetes care |
MB Weber, KMV Narayan | 09/01/2019 |
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Letter to the Editor Regarding, "The Unintended Consequences of the Reverse Osmosis Revolution". Environmental science & technology |
AM Naser, M Shamsudduha, TF Clasen, KMV Narayan | 07/02/2019 |
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Current diabetes reports |
R Jagannathan, SA Patel, MK Ali, KMV Narayan | 06/20/2019 |
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Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) |
SG Rao, KI Galaviz, HC Gay, J Wei, WS Armstrong, C Del Rio, KMV Narayan, MK Ali | 06/01/2019 |
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Economic Impact of Diabetes in South Asia: the Magnitude of the Problem. Current diabetes reports |
K Singh, KMV Narayan, K Eggleston | 05/16/2019 |
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Chronic Diseases in India-Ubiquitous Across the Socioeconomic Spectrum. JAMA network open |
SA Patel, SA Cunningham, N Tandon, KMV Narayan | 04/05/2019 |
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Ominous Reversal of Health Gains in the United States: Time to Rethink Research Priorities? Annals of internal medicine |
KMV Narayan, SA Patel, SA Cunningham, J Curran | 03/05/2019 |
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Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association |
K Singh, L Johnson, R Devarajan, R Shivashankar, P Sharma, D Kondal, VS Ajay, KMV Narayan, D Prabhakaran, MK Ali, N Tandon | 12/01/2018 |
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Are the U.S. territories lagging behind in diabetes care practices? Primary care diabetes |
RP Ogilvie, SA Patel, KMV Narayan, NK Mehta | 10/01/2018 |
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Two in One: Diagnosing Type 2 Diabetes With Single-Sample Testing. Annals of internal medicine |
KMV Narayan, R Jagannathan | 08/07/2018 |
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Diabetes Among Non-Overweight Individuals: an Emerging Public Health Challenge. Current diabetes reports |
UP Gujral, MB Weber, LR Staimez, KMV Narayan | 07/04/2018 |
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Diabetes care |
KI Galaviz, MB Weber, A Straus, JS Haw, KMV Narayan, MK Ali | 07/01/2018 |
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Lifestyle and the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes: A Status Report. American journal of lifestyle medicine |
KI Galaviz, KMV Narayan, F Lobelo, MB Weber | 01/01/2018 |
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Global Non-Communicable Diseases-The Nutrition Conundrum. Frontiers in public health |
S Khandelwal, A Kurpad, KMV Narayan | 01/01/2018 |
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Contemporary clinical trials |
AJ Kowalski, S Poongothai, L Chwastiak, M Hutcheson, N Tandon, R Khadgawat, GR Sridhar, SR Aravind, B Sosale, RM Anjana, D Rao, R Sagar, N Mehta, KMV Narayan, J Unutzer, W Katon, V Mohan, MK Ali | 09/01/2017 |
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Entrenched obesity in childhood: findings from a national cohort study. Annals of epidemiology |
SA Cunningham, A Datar, KMV Narayan, MR Kramer | 07/01/2017 |
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Mysteries of type 2 diabetes: the Indian Elephant meets the Chinese Dragon. European journal of clinical nutrition |
EC Rhodes, UP Gujral, KM Narayan | 07/01/2017 |
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First Do No Harm: The Need to Explore Potential Adverse Health Implications of Drinking Rainwater. Environmental science & technology |
AM Naser, R Martorell, KMV Narayan, TF Clasen | 06/06/2017 |
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Health affairs (Project Hope) |
NK Mehta, SA Patel, MK Ali, KMV Narayan | 04/01/2017 |
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Obesity in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Burden, Drivers, and Emerging Challenges. Annual review of public health |
ND Ford, SA Patel, KM Narayan | 03/20/2017 |
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The National medical journal of India |
KMV Narayan | 01/01/2017 |
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American journal of epidemiology |
SA Patel, MK Ali, KM Narayan, NK Mehta | 12/15/2016 |
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Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association |
JB Echouffo-Tcheugui, KM Narayan, D Weisman, SH Golden, BG Jaar | 12/01/2016 |
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Addressing noncommunicable diseases in primary care: the case of type 2 diabetes. The journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh |
KM Narayan, EC Rhodes | 12/01/2016 |
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Diabetes care |
KM Narayan | 10/01/2016 |
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Screening for Dysglycemia: Connecting Supply and Demand to Slow Growth in Diabetes Incidence. PLoS medicine |
MK Ali, KM Narayan | 07/01/2016 |
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Type 2 diabetes: A 21st century epidemic. Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism |
LM Jaacks, KR Siegel, UP Gujral, KM Narayan | 06/01/2016 |
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Type 2 Diabetes: Why We Are Winning the Battle but Losing the War? 2015 Kelly West Award Lecture. Diabetes care |
KM Narayan | 05/01/2016 |
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Childhood Obesity Incidence in the United States: A Systematic Review. Childhood obesity (Print) |
PC Cheung, SA Cunningham, KM Narayan, MR Kramer | 02/01/2016 |
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Journal of occupational and environmental medicine |
NP Pronk, KM Narayan | 02/01/2016 |
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Diabetes among US- and foreign-born blacks in the USA. Ethnicity & health |
ND Ford, KM Narayan, NK Mehta | 01/01/2016 |
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Quality improvement in diabetes--successful in achieving better care with hopes for prevention. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences |
JS Haw, KM Narayan, MK Ali | 09/01/2015 |
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Evidence Tips the Scale Toward Screening for Hyperglycemia. Diabetes care |
KM Narayan, UP Gujral | 08/01/2015 |
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Screening for hyperglycemia: the gateway to diabetes prevention and management for all Americans. Annals of internal medicine |
KM Narayan, MB Weber | 06/02/2015 |
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Annals of epidemiology |
SA Patel, KM Narayan, SA Cunningham | 05/01/2015 |
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Diabetes research and clinical practice |
R Shivashankar, K Kirk, WC Kim, C Rouse, N Tandon, KM Narayan, MK Ali | 02/01/2015 |
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Population aging, macroeconomic changes, and global diabetes prevalence, 1990-2008. Population health metrics |
N Sudharsanan, MK Ali, NK Mehta, KM Narayan | 01/01/2015 |
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Chronic diseases in HIV survivors. Science translational medicine |
SH Vermund, KM Narayan, RI Glass | 06/18/2014 |
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Global rural diabetes prevalence: a systematic review and meta-analysis covering 1990-2012. Diabetes research and clinical practice |
A Zabetian, IM Sanchez, KM Narayan, CK Hwang, MK Ali | 05/01/2014 |
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Diabetes in North America and the Caribbean: an update. Diabetes research and clinical practice |
SF Yisahak, J Beagley, IR Hambleton, KM Narayan | 02/01/2014 |
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Incidence of childhood obesity in the United States. The New England journal of medicine |
SA Cunningham, MR Kramer, KM Narayan | 01/30/2014 |
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Interstate variation in modifiable risk factors and cardiovascular mortality in the United States. PloS one |
SA Patel, KM Narayan, MK Ali, NK Mehta | 01/01/2014 |
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Screening intervals for diabetic retinopathy and incidence of visual loss: a systematic review. Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association |
JB Echouffo-Tcheugui, MK Ali, G Roglic, RA Hayward, KM Narayan | 11/01/2013 |
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International journal of epidemiology |
KM Narayan, MK Ali | 10/01/2013 |
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Global confluence of infectious and non-communicable diseases -- the case of type 2 diabetes. Preventive medicine |
MJ Magee, KM Narayan | 09/01/2013 |
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Endocrine |
M Bergman, R Dankner, J Roth, KM Narayan | 08/01/2013 |
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Are recommended standards for diabetes care met in Central and South America? A systematic review. Diabetes research and clinical practice |
U Mudaliar, WC Kim, K Kirk, C Rouse, KM Narayan, M Ali | 06/01/2013 |
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Nutrition research in India: underweight, stunted, or wasted? Global heart |
S Khandelwal, KR Siegel, KM Narayan | 06/01/2013 |
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Indian journal of pediatrics |
M Sreevatsava, KM Narayan, SA Cunningham | 03/01/2013 |
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Is there evidence that friends influence body weight? A systematic review of empirical research. Social science & medicine (1982) |
SA Cunningham, E Vaquera, CC Maturo, KM Narayan | 10/01/2012 |
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CARRS Surveillance study: design and methods to assess burdens from multiple perspectives. BMC public health |
M Nair, MK Ali, VS Ajay, R Shivashankar, V Mohan, R Pradeepa, M Deepa, HM Khan, MM Kadir, ZA Fatmi, KS Reddy, N Tandon, KM Narayan, D Prabhakaran | 08/28/2012 |
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Annual review of nutrition |
MB Weber, R Oza-Frank, LR Staimez, MK Ali, KM Narayan | 08/21/2012 |
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Diabetes research and clinical practice |
CK Hwang, PV Han, A Zabetian, MK Ali, KM Narayan | 06/01/2012 |
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Challenges in real-life diabetes translation research: early lessons from BRIDGES projects. Diabetes research and clinical practice |
I Garcia de Quevedo, L Siminerio, R L'Heveder, KM Narayan | 03/01/2012 |
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American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions |
N Tandon, MK Ali, KM Narayan | 02/01/2012 |
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Health affairs (Project Hope) |
KM Narayan, JB Echouffo-Tcheugui, V Mohan, MK Ali | 01/01/2012 |
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International journal of epidemiology |
UP Gujral, JB Echouffo-Tcheugui, K Narayan | 12/01/2011 |
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Analysis of the Indian Council of Medical Research-India Diabetes (ICMR-INDIAB) study. Journal of diabetes science and technology |
KM Narayan, JB Echouffo-Tcheugui | 07/01/2011 |
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Gestational diabetes mellitus: taking it to heart. Primary care diabetes |
JA Marcinkevage, KM Narayan | 07/01/2011 |
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Commentary: Co-occurrence of tuberculosis and diabetes: new paradigm of epidemiological transition. International journal of epidemiology |
MJ Magee, HM Blumberg, KM Narayan | 04/01/2011 |
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Diabetes prevalence by length of residence among US immigrants. Journal of immigrant and minority health |
R Oza-Frank, R Stephenson, KM Narayan | 02/01/2011 |
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Prospects for a cardiovascular disease prevention polypill. Annual review of public health |
KC Dabhadkar, A Kulshreshtha, MK Ali, KM Narayan | 01/01/2011 |
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Early identification of type 2 diabetes: policy should be aligned with health systems strengthening. Diabetes care |
KM Narayan, J Chan, V Mohan | 01/01/2011 |
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Screening for type 2 diabetes and dysglycemia. Epidemiologic reviews |
JB Echouffo-Tcheugui, MK Ali, SJ Griffin, KM Narayan | 01/01/2011 |
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Diabetes & coronary heart disease: current perspectives. The Indian journal of medical research |
MK Ali, KM Narayan, N Tandon | 11/01/2010 |
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Global noncommunicable diseases--where worlds meet. The New England journal of medicine |
KM Narayan, MK Ali, JP Koplan | 09/23/2010 |
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Public health nutrition |
R Oza-Frank, KM Narayan | 06/01/2010 |
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Overweight and diabetes prevalence among US immigrants. American journal of public health |
R Oza-Frank, KM Narayan | 04/01/2010 |
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Prevention of type 2 diabetes: risk status, clinic, and community. Journal of general internal medicine |
KM Narayan, DF Williamson | 02/01/2010 |
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Innovative research for equitable diabetes care in India. Diabetes research and clinical practice |
MK Ali, KM Narayan, V Mohan | 12/01/2009 |
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Identification of persons with dysglycemia: terminology and practical significance. Primary care diabetes |
DF Williamson, KM Narayan | 11/01/2009 |
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Global health action |
MK Ali, KM Narayan | 10/29/2009 |
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Diabetes care |
R Oza-Frank, MK Ali, V Vaccarino, KM Narayan | 09/01/2009 |
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Diabetes--a global problem needing global solutions. Primary care diabetes |
KM Narayan, R Williams | 02/01/2009 |
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New York City Health and Nutrition Examination Survey: a model for urban health surveillance. Diabetes care |
PW Wilson, KM Narayan | 01/01/2009 |
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Age at arrival and risk of obesity among US immigrants. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) |
R Roshania, KM Narayan, R Oza-Frank | 12/01/2008 |
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Doctors' strikes and mortality: a review. Social science & medicine (1982) |
SA Cunningham, K Mitchell, KM Narayan, S Yusuf | 12/01/2008 |
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The new Access to Medicine Index. Lancet (London, England) |
MK Ali, KM Narayan | 09/13/2008 |
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Low-cost strategies to predict cardiovascular disease. Nature clinical practice. Cardiovascular medicine |
PW Wilson, KM Narayan | 09/01/2008 |
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Cases Journal: The pitfalls to keep in mind. Cases journal |
KM Narayan | 06/04/2008 |
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Masked heterogeneity in obesity between immigrant subgroups. American journal of public health |
R Oza-Frank, KM Narayan | 06/01/2008 |
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Preventing type 2 diabetes: genes or lifestyle? Primary care diabetes |
MB Weber, KM Narayan | 06/01/2008 |
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The Unite for Diabetes campaign: overcoming constraints to find a global policy solution. Globalization and health |
K Siegel, KM Narayan | 02/19/2008 |
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Diabetes prevention should be a public-health priority. Lancet (London, England) |
MB Weber, KM Narayan | 02/09/2008 |