I am a research fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health passionate about integrating epidemiological methods and precision approaches to better understand factors that impact human health.
My primary research interest focuses on the role of obesity and associated lifestyle factors and its impact on cardiometabolic health. Currently, my work incorporates high-throughput omics techniques, specifically metabolomics, into traditional epidemiological analyses to gain insights into underlying mechanisms that could explain the associations between obesity and cardiometabolic outcomes, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. My work spans the life course with projects focusing on early childhood and into older adulthood from cohort studies based in North America and Europe.
PhD, 08/2021
University of Toronto, Canada
Scott Grundy Fellowship Award in Metabolic Research
American Heart Association Lifestyle Council
CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
CIHR Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral Award
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Ahmad A, Lim LL, Morieri ML, Tam CH, Cheng F, Chikowore T, Dudenhöffer-Pfeifer M, Fitipaldi H, Huang C, Kanbour S, Sarkar S, Koivula RW, Motala AA, Tye SC, Yu G, Zhang Y, Provenzano M, Sherifali D, de Souza RJ, Tobias DK, Gomez MF, Ma RCW, Mathioudakis N.
Commun Med (Lond). 2024 Jan 22. 4(1):11. PMID: 38253823
Semnani-Azad Z, Wang WZN, Cole DEC, Johnston LW, Wong BYL, Fu L, Retnakaran R, Harris SB, Hanley AJ.
J Endocr Soc. 2024 Jan 16. 8(3):bvae014. PMID: 38352963
Semnani-Azad Z, Gaillard R, Hughes AE, Boyle KE, Tobias DK, Perng W.
Commun Med (Lond). 2024 Jan 12. 4(1):9. PMID: 38216688
García-Gavilán JF, Babio N, Toledo E, Semnani-Azad Z, Razquin C, Dennis C, Deik A, Corella D, Estruch R, Ros E, Fitó M, Arós F, Fiol M, Lapetra J, Lamuela-Raventos R, Clish C, Ruiz-Canela M, Martínez-González MÁ, Hu F, Salas-Salvadó J, Guasch-Ferré M.
Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2023 12 13. 22(1):340. PMID: 38093289
Semnani-Azad Z, Toledo E, Babio N, Ruiz-Canela M, Wittenbecher C, Razquin C, Wang F, Dennis C, Deik A, Clish CB, Corella D, Fitó M, Estruch R, Arós F, Ros E, García-Gavilan J, Liang L, Salas-Salvadó J, Martínez-González MA, Hu FB, Guasch-Ferré M.
Metabolism. 2024 Feb. 151:155742. PMID: 38007148
Lai KZH, Semnani-Azad Z, Boucher BA, Retnakaran R, Harris SB, Malik V, Bazinet RP, Hanley AJ.
Diabetes. 2023 Nov 01. 72(11):1664-1670. PMID: 37586083
Tobias DK, Merino J, Ahmad A, Aiken C, Benham JL, Bodhini D, Clark AL, Colclough K, Corcoy R, Cromer SJ, Duan D, Felton JL, Francis EC, Gillard P, Gingras V, Gaillard R, Haider E, Hughes A, Ikle JM, Jacobsen LM, Kahkoska AR, Kettunen JLT, Kreienkamp RJ, Lim LL, Männistö JME, Massey R, Mclennan NM, Miller RG, Morieri ML, Most J, Naylor RN, Ozkan B, Patel KA, Pilla SJ, Prystupa K, Raghavan S, Rooney MR, Schön M, Semnani-Azad Z, Sevilla-Gonzalez M, Svalastoga P, Takele WW, Tam CH, Thuesen ACB, Tosur M, Wallace AS, Wang CC, Wong JJ, Yamamoto JM, Young K, Amouyal C, Andersen MK, Bonham MP, Chen M, Cheng F, Chikowore T, Chivers SC, Clemmensen C, Dabelea D, Dawed AY, Deutsch AJ, Dickens LT, DiMeglio LA, Dudenhöffer-Pfeifer M, Evans-Molina C, Fernández-Balsells MM, Fitipaldi H, Fitzpatrick SL, Gitelman SE, Goodarzi MO, Grieger JA, Guasch-Ferré M, Habibi N, Hansen T, Huang C, Harris-Kawano A, Ismail HM, Hoag B, Johnson RK, Jones AG, Koivula RW, Leong A, Leung GKW, Libman IM, Liu K, Long SA, Lowe WL, Morton RW, Motala AA, Onengut-Gumuscu S, Pankow JS, Pathirana M, Pazmino S, Perez D, Petrie JR, Powe CE, Quinteros A, Jain R, Ray D, Ried-Larsen M, Saeed Z, Santhakumar V, Kanbour S, Sarkar S, Monaco GSF, Scholtens DM, Selvin E, Sheu WH, Speake C, Stanislawski MA, Steenackers N, Steck AK, Stefan N, Støy J, Taylor R, Tye SC, Ukke GG, Urazbayeva M, Van der Schueren B, Vatier C, Wentworth JM, Hannah W, White SL, Yu G, Zhang Y, Zhou SJ, Beltrand J, Polak M, Aukrust I, de Franco E, Flanagan SE, Maloney KA, McGovern A, Molnes J, Nakabuye M, Njølstad PR, Pomares-Millan H, Provenzano M, Saint-Martin C, Zhang C, Zhu Y, Auh S, de Souza R, Fawcett AJ, Gruber C, Mekonnen EG, Mixter E, Sherifali D, Eckel RH, Nolan JJ, Philipson LH, Brown RJ, Billings LK, Boyle K, Costacou T, Dennis JM, Florez JC, Gloyn AL, Gomez MF, Gottlieb PA, Greeley SAW, Griffin K, Hattersley AT, Hirsch IB, Hivert MF, Hood KK, Josefson JL, Kwak SH, Laffel LM, Lim SS, Loos RJF, Ma RCW, Mathieu C, Mathioudakis N, Meigs JB, Misra S, Mohan V, Murphy R, Oram R, Owen KR, Ozanne SE, Pearson ER, Perng W, Pollin TI, Pop-Busui R, Pratley RE, Redman LM, Redondo MJ, Reynolds RM, Semple RK, Sherr JL, Sims EK, Sweeting A, Tuomi T, Udler MS, Vesco KK, Vilsbøll T, Wagner R, Rich SS, Franks PW.
Nat Med. 2023 Oct. 29(10):2438-2457. PMID: 37794253
Bodhini D, Morton RW, Santhakumar V, Nakabuye M, Pomares-Millan H, Clemmensen C, Fitzpatrick SL, Guasch-Ferre M, Pankow JS, Ried-Larsen M, Franks PW, Tobias DK, Merino J, Mohan V, Loos RJF.
Commun Med (Lond). 2023 Oct 05. 3(1):133. PMID: 37794109
Young KG, McInnes EH, Massey RJ, Kahkoska AR, Pilla SJ, Raghavan S, Stanislawski MA, Tobias DK, McGovern AP, Dawed AY, Jones AG, Pearson ER, Dennis JM.
Commun Med (Lond). 2023 Oct 05. 3(1):131. PMID: 37794166
Misra S, Wagner R, Ozkan B, Schön M, Sevilla-Gonzalez M, Prystupa K, Wang CC, Kreienkamp RJ, Cromer SJ, Rooney MR, Duan D, Thuesen ACB, Wallace AS, Leong A, Deutsch AJ, Andersen MK, Billings LK, Eckel RH, Sheu WH, Hansen T, Stefan N, Goodarzi MO, Ray D, Selvin E, Florez JC, Meigs JB, Udler MS.
Commun Med (Lond). 2023 Oct 05. 3(1):138. PMID: 37798471