Megha Shah
Overview
Megha Shah, MD, Msc is a family physician and health services researcher. She practices clinically at Emory Family Medicine in Dunwoody, is involved in resident education, quality improvement, and community-partnered research. Her research focuses on community-partnered approaches to chronic disease management. Specifically, implementation of evidence-based strategies for primary care-based diabetes prevention and self-management in under-resourced communities. Her most recent work focuses on community outreach for diabetes self-management in the low-income South Asian population in Atlanta. Her work has been funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, the Georgia Clinical and Translational Science Alliance, and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Academic Appointment
- Associate Professor, Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory University
Education
Degrees
- MD from University of South Alabama
- MSc from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
- BA from Duke University
Research
Publications
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Adapting the National Diabetes Prevention Program: Learning from Lifestyle Coach strategies and adjustments during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
Prev Med Rep Volume: 45 Page(s): 102847
09/01/2024 Authors: Whitaker M; Shah M; Gutierrez Chavez M; Asnaani A; Gutner CA; Ritchie ND; Baucom KJW -
Test and Treat for Prediabetes: A Review of the Health Effects of Prediabetes and the Role of Screening and Prevention.
Annu Rev Public Health Volume: 45 Page(s): 151 - 167
05/01/2024 Authors: Chakkalakal RJ; Galaviz KI; Thirunavukkarasu S; Shah MK; Narayan KMV -
A Culturally Adapted, Telehealth, Community Health Worker Intervention on Blood Pressure Control among South Asian Immigrants with Type II Diabetes: Results from the DREAM Atlanta Intervention.
J Gen Intern Med Volume: 39 Page(s): 529 - 539
03/01/2024 Authors: Shah MK; Wyatt LC; Gibbs-Tewary C; Zanowiak JM; Mammen S; Islam N -
Trends in health behaviors of US adults with and without Diabetes: 2007-2018.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract Volume: 206 Page(s): 110990
12/01/2023 Authors: Shah MK; Gandrakota N; Bullard KM; Siegel KR; Ali MK -
Benign Colorectal Disorders.
Prim Care Volume: 50 Page(s): 461 - 480
09/01/2023 Authors: Aguilar-Alvarado MY; Baker B; Chiu LS; Shah MK -
Disparities in diabetes prevalence and management by race and ethnicity in the USA: defining a path forward.
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol Volume: 11 Page(s): 509 - 524
07/01/2023 Authors: Hassan S; Gujral UP; Quarells RC; Rhodes EC; Shah MK; Obi J; Lee W-H; Shamambo L; Weber MB; Narayan KMV -
Cardiometabolic Risk in Asian Americans by Social Determinants of Health: Serial Cross-sectional Analyses of the NHIS, 1999-2003 to 2014-2018.
J Gen Intern Med Volume: 38 Page(s): 571 - 581
02/01/2023 Authors: Shah MK; Gandrakota N; Gujral UP; Islam N; Narayan KMV; Ali MK -
Continuity of Medication Use by US Adults With Diabetes, 2005-2019.
JAMA Netw Open Volume: 6 Page(s): e2253562
01/03/2023 Authors: Chehal PK; Uppal TS; Turbow S; Fernandes G; Haw JS; Shah MK; Rajpathak S; Narayan KMV; Ali MK -
Protocol and baseline characteristics for a community health worker-led hypertension and diabetes management program for South Asians in Atlanta: The DREAM Atlanta study.
Contemp Clin Trials Volume: 120 Page(s): 106864
09/01/2022 Authors: Shah MK; Wyatt LC; Gibbs-Tewary C; Zanowiak J; Mammen S; Mohsin FM; Islam N -
Promises and Pitfalls of Dyads in the National Diabetes Prevention Program: Lifestyle Coach Perspectives.
Am J Health Promot Volume: 36 Page(s): 1204 - 1207
09/31/2022 Authors: Baucom KJW; Bauman T; Nemirovsky Y; Gutierrez Chavez M; Aguirre MC; Ramos C; Asnaani A; Gutner CA; Ritchie ND; Shah M