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Namratha R. Kandula is affiliated with Northwestern University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a strong emphasis on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, Health, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Kandula has published extensively, with research appearing frequently in several key venues. These frequent publication venues include:

  • Circulation
  • UNC Libraries
  • JAMA Network Open
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • Current Developments in Nutrition

Among the notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kandula are:

  • "Trends in Gestational Diabetes at First Live Birth by Race and Ethnicity in the US, 2011-2019" (2021) published in JAMA
  • "Knowledge Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities in Health and Prevention Research for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders: A Report From the 2021 National Institutes of Health Workshop" (2022) published in Annals of Internal Medicine
  • "Addressing Asian American Misrepresentation and Underrepresentation in Research" (2020) published in Ethnicity & Disease
  • "The Upcoming Epidemic of Heart Failure in South Asia" (2020) published in Circulation Heart Failure
  • "Association of Diabetes Subgroups With Race/Ethnicity, Risk Factor Burden and Complications: The MASALA and MESA Studies" (2021) published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Kandula collaborates frequently with a range of researchers. Some of their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Alka M. Kanaya
  • Nilay S. Shah
  • Mark D. Huffman
  • Sadiya S. Khan
  • Abigail S. Baldridge

Best Publications

  • Assuring the Health of Immigrants: What the Leading Health Indicators Tell Us

    Namratha R. Kandula;Margaret Kersey;Nicole Lurie

  • Are immigrant enclaves healthy places to live? The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

    Theresa L. Osypuk;Ana V. Diez Roux;Craig Hadley;Namratha R. Kandula

  • Association of acculturation levels and prevalence of diabetes in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA).

    Namratha R. Kandula;Ana V. Diez-Roux;Cheeling Chan;Martha L. Daviglus

  • Trends in Gestational Diabetes at First Live Birth by Race and Ethnicity in the US, 2011-2019

    Nilay S Shah;Michael C. Wang;Priya M. Freaney;Amanda M. Perak

  • Understanding the High Prevalence of Diabetes in U.S. South Asians Compared With Four Racial/Ethnic Groups: The MASALA and MESA Studies

    Alka M. Kanaya;David Herrington;Eric Vittinghoff;Susan K. Ewing

  • Leisure time, non-leisure time, and occupational physical activity in Asian Americans.

    Namratha R. Kandula;Diane S. Lauderdale

  • Low rates of colorectal, cervical, and breast cancer screening in Asian Americans compared with non-Hispanic whites: Cultural influences or access to care?

    Namratha R. Kandula;Ming Wen;Elizabeth A. Jacobs;Diane S. Lauderdale

  • Differences in self-reported health among Asians, Latinos, and non-Hispanic whites: the role of language and nativity.

    Namratha R. Kandula;Diane S. Lauderdale;David W. Baker

  • The relationship between health literacy and knowledge improvement after a multimedia type 2 diabetes education program.

    Namratha R. Kandula;Phyllis A. Nsiah-Kumi;Gregory Makoul;Josh Sager

  • Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study: Objectives, methods, and cohort description

    Alka M. Kanaya;Namratha Kandula;David Herrington;Matthew J. Budoff

  • Immigrant perceptions of discrimination in health care: the California Health Interview Survey 2003.

    Diane S. Lauderdale;Ming Wen;Elizabeth A. Jacobs;Namratha R. Kandula;Namratha R. Kandula

  • Less favorable body composition and adipokines in South Asians compared with other US ethnic groups: results from the MASALA and MESA studies.

    Arti D. Shah;Namratha R. Kandula;Feng Lin;Matthew A. Allison

  • Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Metabolic Risk Factors in South Asians Living in the United States

    Meghana D Gadgil;Cheryl A M Anderson;Namratha R Kandula;Alka M Kanaya

  • Comparing coronary artery calcium among U.S. South Asians with four racial/ethnic groups: the MASALA and MESA studies.

    Alka M. Kanaya;Namratha R. Kandula;Susan K. Ewing;David Herrington

  • Walking for Transportation or Leisure: What Difference Does the Neighborhood Make?

    Ming Wen;Namratha R. Kandula;Diane S. Lauderdale

  • Ethnic Neighborhoods in Multi-Ethnic America, 1990–2000: Resurgent Ethnicity in the Ethnoburbs?

    Ming Wen;Diane S. Lauderdale;Namratha R. Kandula

  • Cardiometabolic Abnormalities Among Normal-Weight Persons From Five Racial/Ethnic Groups in the United States: A Cross-sectional Analysis of Two Cohort Studies

    Unjali P. Gujral;Eric Vittinghoff;Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin;Dhananjay Vaidya

  • Association between language and risk factor levels among Hispanic adults with hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, or diabetes.

    Pracha P. Eamranond;Anna T.R. Legedza;Ana V. Diez-Roux;Namratha R. Kandula

  • Translating a heart disease lifestyle intervention into the community: the South Asian Heart Lifestyle Intervention (SAHELI) study; a randomized control trial.

    Namratha R. Kandula;Swapna Dave;Peter John De Chavez;Himali Bharucha

  • The unintended impact of welfare reform on the medicaid enrollment of eligible immigrants.

    Namratha R. Kandula;Colleen M. Grogan;Paul J. Rathouz;Diane S. Lauderdale

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Schneider
John A. Schneider University of Chicago
Ming Wen
Ming Wen University of Hong Kong
Theresa L. Osypuk
Theresa L. Osypuk University of Minnesota
Ana V. Diez Roux
Ana V. Diez Roux Drexel University
Linda Van Horn
Linda Van Horn Northwestern University
Lisa R. Hirschhorn
Lisa R. Hirschhorn Northwestern University
Bonnie Spring
Bonnie Spring Northwestern University
Linda C. Gallo
Linda C. Gallo San Diego State University
Shelley A. Cole
Shelley A. Cole Texas Biomedical Research Institute
William J. McCarthy
William J. McCarthy University of California, Los Angeles

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