Sathish Thirunavukkarasu
- Department of Family and Preventive Medicine
Assistant Professor
- (404) 778-3771
- sathish.thirunavukkarasu@emory.edu
Overview
Sathish Thirunavukkarasu is an Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Family and Preventive Medicine, Emory School of Medicine. Sathish completed his Medical Degree, Diploma in Family Medicine, and Master's Degree in Public Health in India and received a Ph.D. in Diabetes Epidemiology from the University of Melbourne in Australia. After his Ph.D., he did two years of Post-Doctoral training at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and three more years at McMaster University in Canada. His primary research focuses on the epidemiology of type 2 diabetes and its prevention by developing novel interventions. He is also keen on translating the evidence from research into clinical and public health practice. Sathish has published research articles in very high-impact, leading medical and global health journals such as Nature Reviews Endocrinology, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, The Lancet Global Health, Diabetes Care, and PLoS Medicine as the lead author.
Research
Publications
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High-Intensity Interval Training for Individuals With Isolated Impaired Fasting Glucose: Protocol for a Proof-of-Concept Randomized Controlled Trial.
JMIR Res Protoc Volume: 14 Page(s): e59842
02/20/2025 Authors: Thirunavukkarasu S; Ziegler TR; Weber MB; Staimez L; Lobelo F; Millard-Stafford ML; Schmidt MD; Venkatachalam A; Bajpai R; El Fil F -
Global, regional, and national burden of upper respiratory infections and otitis media, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
Lancet Infect Dis Volume: 25 Page(s): 36 - 51
01/01/2025 Authors: GBD 2021 Upper Respiratory Infections Otitis Media Collaborators -
Burden of disease scenarios by state in the USA, 2022-50: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
Lancet Volume: 404 Page(s): 2341 - 2370
12/07/2024 Authors: GBD 2021 US Burden of Disease and Forecasting Collaborators -
Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
Lancet Neurol Volume: 23 Page(s): 973 - 1003
10/01/2024 Authors: GBD 2021 Stroke Risk Factor Collaborators -
Community Control of Hypertension and Diabetes (CoCo-HD) program in the Indian states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu: a study protocol for a type 3 hybrid trial.
BMC Public Health Volume: 24 Page(s): 2275
08/21/2024 Authors: Parasuraman G; Jeemon P; Thankappan KR; Ali MK; Mahal A; McPake B; Chambers J; Absetz P; Thirunavukkarasu S; Nabil AM -
The Final Frontier in Diabetes Care: Implementing Research in Real-World Practice.
Diabetes Care Volume: 47 Page(s): 1299 - 1310
08/01/2024 Authors: Green JB; Crowley MJ; Thirunavukkarasu S; Maruthur NM; Oldenburg B -
Effects of Lifestyle Interventions on Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Risk Factors Among Individuals at High Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
JMIR Res Protoc Volume: 13 Page(s): e53517
06/27/2024 Authors: Demissie GD; Birungi J; Haregu T; Thirunavukkarasu S; Oldenburg B -
Incidence, Risk, and Clinical Course of New-Onset Diabetes in Long COVID: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies.
JMIR Res Protoc Volume: 13 Page(s): e54853
06/04/2024 Authors: Talanki AS; Bajaj N; Trehan T; Thirunavukkarasu S -
Strengthening research capacity of early-mid career researchers: Implementation and evaluation of the Excellence in Non-COmmunicable disease REsearch (ENCORE) program.
J Investig Med Volume: 72 Page(s): 475 - 486
06/01/2024 Authors: Kapoor N; Haregu T; Singh K; Oommen AM; Audsley J; Gupta P; Jasper S; Mini GK; Thirunavukkarasu S; Oldenburg B -
Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022-2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021.
Lancet Volume: 403 Page(s): 2204 - 2256
05/18/2024 Authors: GBD 2021 Forecasting Collaborators