Fellows

Year 4 Fellows (combined Medicine and Pediatrics)

tinaTina 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

arisAristides 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 AllenEleanor 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 YuasaMegan 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 LuuXing 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, MDMariam 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, MPHSujatha 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

martinMartin 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