Fellows
Year 4 Fellows (combined Medicine and Pediatrics)
Tina Hu, MD
Medical School: Drexel University College of Medicine
Residency: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University - ChristianaCare/Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware
Research: Virtual Peer Groups for Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes in a Transitions of Care Model (Virtual-T1DTOC), and Pediatric Differentiated Thyroid Cancer and Correlation of Oncogenes with Metastatic Disease
Interests: Diabetes, diabetes tech, transitions of care, thyroid disorders and thyroid cancer
Outside interests/hobbies: hiking, kayaking, travelling, and food adventures (favorite: hotpot!)
Year 3 Fellow
Aristides Diamant, MD, PhD
Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Residency: University of Michigan
Research: Studies related to the function and intracellular trafficking of melanocortin-4 receptor, an important regulator of body weight
Interests: Obesity, energy homeostasis
Outside interests/hobbies: cello, soccer, languages and cooking
Year 2 Fellows
Eleanor Allen, MD
Medical School: UT Southwestern
Residency: Tufts
Research: CGM accuracy in the inpatient setting
Interests: Type 1 diabetes, diabetes technology
Outside interests/hobbies: hiking, biking, birdwatching
Megan Yuasa, MD
Medical School: New York Medical College
Residency Training: Children’s Hospital Oakland
Research: Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Activity in Youth with Prediabetes & Type 2 Diabetes; Feasibility of the FreeStyle Libre Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in Youth with Type 2 Diabetes
Interests: Youth-onset type 2 diabetes, exercise, health equity, and use of diabetes technology
Outside interests/hobbies: Golf, pilates/barre workouts, reading, shopping, crafting, drinking coffee in coffee shops, skiing (poorly)
Year 1 Fellows
Xing Luu, MD
Medical School: University of Texas at Houston Medical School, Houston, TX
Residency: Kaiser Permanente Northern California Pediatrics Residency, Oakland, CA
Research: TBD
Interests: Type 1 Diabetes technologies and health inequities, Medical education
Outside interests/hobbies: anything with dogs, walking my corgi, hiking/outdoors, bubble tea enthusiast, yoga, gardening and plant care
Mariam Mroweh, MD
Medical School: Lebanese university ,Lebanon
Residency: American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC), Lebanon
Research: TBD
Interests: type I Diabetes ,Clinical research
Outside interests/hobbies: Fitness lover, family-oriented, sunset admirer, enjoy good food and coffee
2024 Graduate
Sujatha Seetharaman, MD, MPH
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, India
Residency: Nassau University medical Center, New York
Research: Predictors of weight gain in US South Asians; Comparing clinical characteristics and complications of youth onset type 2 diabetes in the US, UK and India
Interests: Obesity, youth onset type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes, eating disorders
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
2023 Graduate
Martin Thelin, MD, PhD
Medical School: Lund University, Sweden
Residency: UCSF
Fellowship: 2020-2023
Research: Gaining insight into type 1 diabetes pathogenesis through STAT gain of function
Interests: Immunology and type 1 diabetes
Current position: Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco