Stanford University
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Fahim Abbasi
Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Cardiovascular Medicine
BioDr. Fahim Abbasi specializes in diagnosis and treatment of prediabetes and insulin resistance. Dr. Abbasi has a special interest in prevention of diabetes and cardiovascular disease through lifestyle modifications.
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Gita Chu Abhiraman
Affiliate, Department Funds
Resident in MedicineBioGita Abhiraman is a resident physician in Internal Medicine at Stanford in the Translational Investigator Program. She completed her MD and PhD at Stanford in the Medical Scientist Training Program. Her PhD in Immunology was advised by Dr. Chris Garcia, in which she studied cytokine signaling, immune receptor structure, and protein engineering. Her major first author-works include solving the structure of the interleukin-21 signaling receptor complex. She also developed a cytokine "adapter" switch molecule with applications in cancer and autoimmune disease. Gita has been involved in several projects to engineer cytokines, including IL-21, IL-12, and IL-10, for diverse therapeutic applications. Prior to her graduate training, Gita completed a bachelor's degree in Physics with a focus in Biophysics at Harvard University. She previously conducted research in the lab of Dr. Stephanie Dougan at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
