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In this episode, Seema and Dinesh welcome special guest Dr. Romit Bhattacharya to have the necessary conversation around the underrepresentation of South Asians in healthcare and research. He’s breaking down why South Asians are historically underrepresented and why that’s so harmful. Dr. Bhattacharya shares more on his mission and why it’s so important to him to create the largest database of South Asians. 

Dr. Romit Bhattacharya is a general and preventive cardiologist at the Massachusetts General Hospital, an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an associated scientist at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, the Associate Director of the Cardiac Lifestyle Program at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Medical Director of the newly launched OurHealth Study - to study the lifestyle and genetic causes of cardiovascular disease among South Asians in the United States.

Dr. Bhattacharya's research focuses on comprehensive cardiometabolic risk profiling using a combination of genomic risk and lifestyle risk factors. He also studies novel digital technologies as tools to characterize lifestyle behaviors and to help patients manage disease and health promoting behaviors at home. 

More about Dr. Bhattacharya:

Socials: Twitter = @RomitB_MD

OurHealthStudy: www.ourhealthstudy.org

Email: [email protected]

@ourhealthstudy on instagram and on x/twitter

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Seema Desai https://drseemadesai.com, IG @dr.seemadesai   

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