Ram Jagannathan
Overview
Dr. Jagannathan is a diabetes epidemiologist who received his Ph.D. in Clinical Medicine (Research) from Imperial College London. He came to Emory as a post-doctoral fellow in 2015 at Hubert Department of Global Health and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Emory School of Medicine. His research is guided by an overarching interest in describing and understanding pathophysiology, identifying biomarkers and prediction models for diabetes and chronic kidney diseases.
Academic Appointment
- Assistant Professor, Hospital Medicine, School of Medicine, Emory University
Education
Degrees
- PhD from Imperial College London
Research
Publications
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Connecting underlying factors in the associations between perceived neighborhood social environments and type 2 Diabetes: Serial mediation analyses.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract Volume: 224 Page(s): 112165
06/01/2025 Authors: Tamura K; Moniruzzaman M; Rogers BJ; Deng Y; Hu L; Jagannathan R -
Neighbourhood deprivation and cardiometabolic outcomes in the UK Biobank: differences by sex and ethnicity.
Open Heart Volume: 12
05/27/2025 Authors: Tamura K; Deng Y; Rogers B; Moniruzzaman M; Jagannathan R; Hu L; Miura K; Roger VL; Mario-Ramrez L -
Racial Disparities in COVID-19 Severity Are Partially Mediated by Chronic Stress-Evidence from a Large Integrated Healthcare System.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities Volume: 12 Page(s): 810 - 818
04/01/2025 Authors: Montoya MM; Gander JC; Suglia SF; McDonald B; Patel SA; Davis T; Patzer RE; Jagannathan R; Teunis L; Harding JL -
Unveiling inequalities: Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in diabetes: Findings from the 2007-2020 NHANES data among U.S. adults.
Prev Med Rep Volume: 50 Page(s): 102957
02/01/2025 Authors: Deng Y; Moniruzzaman M; Rogers B; Hu L; Jagannathan R; Tamura K -
The Association Between Black vs. White Race and 30-Day Hospitalization Among People Diagnosed with COVID-19 Within an Integrated Care Setting: a Cohort Study.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities Volume: 12 Page(s): 543 - 553
02/01/2025 Authors: Harding JL; Doucet N; Patel SA; Davis T; McDonald B; Goldberg B; Patzer RE; Walker-Williams D; Jagannathan R; Teunis L -
High one-hour plasma glucose is an intermediate risk state and an early predictor of type 2 diabetes in a longitudinal Korean cohort.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract Volume: 219 Page(s): 111938
01/01/2025 Authors: Im M; Kim J; Ryang S; Kim D; Yi W; Mi Kim J; Kim M; Jin Kim Y; Jin Kim Y; Kang H -
Staging schema for early diagnosis of prediabetes.
Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol Volume: 12 Page(s): 873 - 876
12/01/2024 Authors: Bergman M; Abdul-Ghani M; Chan J; Schmidt MI; Ha J; Kim SS; Sherman AS; Jagannathan R; Tuomilehto J -
Rate and risk factors of kidney function decline among South Asians with type 2 diabetes: analysis of the CARRS Trial.
BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care Volume: 12
08/16/2024 Authors: Singh K; Kondal D; Jagannathan R; Ali MK; Prabhakaran D; Narayan KMV; Anand S; Tandon N; CARRS Trial Investigators -
Prospective Study on Kidney Dysfunction Markers and Risk for Mortality among South Asians.
Kidney Int Rep Volume: 9 Page(s): 2537 - 2545
08/01/2024 Authors: Jagannathan R; Anand S; Kondal D; Han J; Montez-Rath M; Ali MK; Patel SA; Singh K; Shivashankar R; Anjana RM -
International Diabetes Federation Position Statement on the 1-hour post-load plasma glucose for the diagnosis of intermediate hyperglycaemia and type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes Res Clin Pract Volume: 209 Page(s): 111589
03/01/2024 Authors: Bergman M; Manco M; Satman I; Chan J; Schmidt MI; Sesti G; Vanessa Fiorentino T; Abdul-Ghani M; Jagannathan R; Kumar Thyparambil Aravindakshan P