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Hanna Wang

Hanna is an undergraduate student in Brown University’s 8-year Program in Liberal Medication (PLME) studying Health and Human Biology. In the lab, she is currently researching the impact of social determinants of health on T2D treatment and epigenetic mechanisms of intergenerational diabetes...

Chang Lu, M.D.

Chang was born in China and grew up in Michigan. She earned her B.A. in Biological Sciences with concentration in Neurobiology from Northwestern University. She worked at Feinberg School of Medicine as a research technician studying and performing high-resolution esophageal motility diagnostic...

Stephanie Tranduc

In spring of 2025, I graduated from Tufts University with a B.S. in Biopsychology and Chemistry. Now at the Patti Lab, I am excited to learn more about the dynamic role of metabolic disease in patients' lives and the impact of research on improving patient care. I hope to carry these lessons with me...

Current Clinical Research Studies in the Patti Lab -

For more information about current studies please email Hypoglycemiastudy@joslin.harvard.edu or call (617) 309-1940 Please let us know where you live, and if we may contact you regarding future in-person or potential remote studies. Studies of New Treatment Approaches for Hypoglycemia Lucidity Study...

Jaquelin Canaza-Apaza, M.D.

Jaquelin is from Peru. She earned a MD degree from Universidad Peruana Union in 2022. She believes that to do the greatest amount of good for others we should make the most of all our faculties. Learning about physiological processes and metabolic diseases through comprehensive research is a...

Mary Elizabeth Patti, M.D.

Dr. Patti’s NIH-funded laboratory studies are focused on identification of molecular and epigenetic mechanisms by which environmental/nutritional risk factors during early life confer risk for diabetes. Her laboratory utilizes cellular and animal models to study how insulin resistance and nutrition...

Maryam Farahmandsadr, M.D.

Maryam was born in Iran, graduated from medical school there and worked as a general practitioner in her hometown. Her dream is to be an endocrinologist. Maryam is interested in working with Patti lab to study about Hypoglycemia, occurring after gastric bypass surgery, which is a challenging...

Rafael Ferraz Bannitz PhD

Rafael received his Bachelor’s Degree in Biomedical Sciences from the Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro. He obtained a Master's degree in Molecular Biology from the Federal University of Sao Paulo, where he worked in the laboratory of Marcelo Mori on mechanisms contributing to dietary...

Paternal BMI Affects Infants’ Birth Weight

Elvira Isganaitis, MD, MPH, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, discusses her research with Harvard Catalyst. “The health of both parents (not just the mother) may influence childhood health outcomes”, says Dr. Isganaitis. What is the background for this study? Response: The concept that...