Unjali P. Gujral is a chronic disease epidemiologist who received her BA from the University of California, Irvine in 2003 and her MPH from Yale University in 2010. Dr. Gujral completed her PhD at Emory in Nutrition and Health Science in 2015 as well as her post-doctoral fellowship in 2017. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Hubert Department of Global Health. Dr. Gujral's work is focused on racial/ethnic disparities in diabetes with a focus on the pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiovascular disease and diabetes etiology in minority and immigrant populations. Dr. Gujral also has an interest in the social and cultural determinants of diabetes disparities both in the United States and globally.
Awards and Honors
2012: Fulbright Scholarship
2018: Excellence in Research Award, Hubert Department of Global Health, Emory University
Areas of Interest
- Cardiometabolic Diseases
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Diabetes
- Disease Pathogenesis
- Epidemiology
- Global Health
Education
- BA 2003, University of California, Irvine
- MPH 2010, Yale University
- PhD 2015, Emory University
Courses Taught
- GH 534: Diabetes:Global Dis Prev&Cntrl
Publications
- Gujral UP, Vittinghoff, E. Mongraw-Chaffin ML, Vaidya D, Kandula NR, Allison MA, CARR, JJ, Liu K, Narayan KM, Kanaya, AM, 2018, Cardio-metabolic Abnormalities Among Normal Weight Individuals from Five Race/Ethnic Groups in the United States: Cross-sectional Analysis of Two Cohort Studies, Annals of Internal Medicine, ,
- Gujral UP, Mohan V, Pradeepa R., Deepa M. Anjana RM Narayan KM, 2018, Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Diabetes in Underweight and Normal Weight Individuals: The CARRS and NHANES Studies, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, ,
- Gujral UP, Narayan KM, Mohan V, Pradeepa R, Deepa M, Anjana RM, Mehta NK, Gregg EW, Narayan KM., 2016, Ethnic Variations in Diabetes and Prediabetes Prevalence and the roles of Insulin Resistance and ?-cell Function: The CARRS and NHANES Studies., Journal of Translational and Clinical Endocrinology, ,
- Gujral UP, Narayan KM, Pradeepa R, Deepa M, Ali MK, Anjana RM, Kandula N, Mohan V, Kanaya AM, 2015, Diabetes and Prediabetes in Asian Indians living in India and the United States and the associated risk factors: The CARRS and MASALA Studies, Diabetes Care , ,
- Gujral UP, Narayan KM, Kahn SE, Kanaya A, 2014, The Relative Associations of ?-Cell Function and Insulin Sensitivity with Glycemic Status in Migrant Asian Indians in the United States: the MASALA study, Journal of diabetes and its complications 2014, ,
- Gujral UP, Pradeepa R, Weber MB, Narayan KM, Mohan V, 2013, Type 2 diabetes in South Asians: similarities and differences with white Caucasian and other populations, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, ,