Thaker Lab

Former Members

  • Annelise Babcock, Medical student at Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia, Lab member Oct 2022-Jan 2024
    • Research product: Hilaire MJ, Babcock A, White G, Masson C, LeDuc CA, Thaker VV. Early childhood growth following pre-pregnancy metabolic and bariatric surgery. Oral Presentation at ENDO Society meeting, June 2024, Boston MA
  • Molly Nyugen, Medical student, Lab member Oct 2022-Apr 2023
    • Research product: Nguyen M X, Danner L, Thaker VV. Syndromic and Monogenic Obesity. Chapter in Managing Pediatric Obesity Using Advanced Therapies. 1st Edition. Editor: Claudia Fox. Springer International Publishing. December 2023.
  • Adhirai Muthukumar, Medical student at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Lab member Oct 2022-Jul 2023
    • Research Product: Tillotson C, Muthukumar A, Sena C, Pantrangi M, Ganapathi M, Thaker VV: Expanding the phenotype of Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) XVIII. Horm Res Paediatr 2023, 96(SUPPL 3):143-145.
  • Logan Danner, Oct 2022-Aug 2023
    • Research Product: Nguyen M X, Danner L, Thaker VV. Syndromic and Monogenic Obesity. Chapter in Managing Pediatric Obesity Using Advanced Therapies. 1st Edition. Editor: Claudia Fox. Springer International Publishing. December 2023.
  • Cecilia Sena, Graduate student in Evolutionary Anthropology at University of New Mexico, Lab member Aug 2019-Aug 2023
    • Research Products: 1. Sena C, Iannello G, Skowronski AA, Dannheim K, Cheung L, Agrawal PB, Hirschhorn JN, Zeitler P, LeDuc CA, Stratigopoulos G et al: Endocrine and behavioural features of Lowe syndrome and their potential molecular mechanisms. J Med Genet 2022, 59(12):1171-1178 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2022-108490.2.
    • Sena C, Ohene-Adjei M, Deng S, Patibandla N, May B, de Ferranti SD, Starc TJ, Thaker VV: Lack of Age-Appropriate Reference Intervals Causing Potentially Missed Alerts in Clinical Reports of Dyslipidemia. J Pediatr 2023, 252:208-212 e203 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.08.017.3.
    • Sena C, Della Torre J, Garg E, Zheng H, Partida I, Woo-Baidal J, Shamsian DV, Rausch J, Thaker VV*. Association of psychological attributes with eating behaviors in children 5-12 years of age during COVID-19 pandemic as a model for stress. In review
  • Ananthi Rajamoorthi, Pediatric Gastroenterology fellow at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Lab member Jul 2022-Jun 2023
    • Research Product: Rajamoorthi A, LeDuc CA, Thaker VV: The metabolic conditioning of obesity: A review of the pathogenesis of obesity and the epigenetic pathways that "program" obesity from conception. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2022, 13:1032491 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2022.1032491.
  • Juwairiyyah Siddiqui, Pediatric Endocrinology fellow at Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, Lab member Apr 2021-Jul 2022
    • Research Product: Magge SN, Wolf RM, Pyle L, Brown EA, Benavides VC, Bianco ME, Chao LC, Cymbaluk A, Balikcioglu PG, Halpin K, Hsia DS, Huerta-Saenz L, Kim JJ, Kumar S, Levitt Katz LE, Marks BE, Neyman A, O'Sullivan KL, Pillai SS, Shah AS, Shoemaker AH, Siddiqui JAW, Srinivasan S, Thomas IH, Tryggestad JB, Yousif MF, Kelsey MM; COVID-19 and Type 2 Diabetes Consortium. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic is Associated with a Substantial Rise in Frequency and Severity of Presentation of Youth-Onset Type 2 Diabetes. J Pediatr. 2022 Dec;251:51-59.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.08.010. Epub 2022 Aug 17. PMID: 35985535; PMCID: PMC9383958.
  • Matthew Untalan, Biostatistical analyst, Lab member Sep 2022-Jun 2023
    • Research Product: Matthew Untalan, Nancy Abigail Crimmins, Ali Mencin, Katherine Yates, Xanthakos Stavra, Vidhu Thaker, FRI591 Association Of TSH Levels And NAFLD Severity In Children And Adolescents, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 7, Issue Supplement_1, October-November 2023, bvad114.1498, https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvad114.1498
  • Hao Zhang, Biostatistical analyst at University of Louisville, Kentucky, Lab member Sept 2022-Jun 2023
    • Research Product: Zheng H, Rajamoorthi A, Skowronski A, Salem R, Leduc CA, Thaker VV: Association of Pregnancy and Childhood C-Peptide Levels-Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome Follow-up Study (HAPO-FUS). Diabetes 2023, 72:2 DOI: 10.2337/db23-177-LB.
  • Shimun Naher, Oct 2022-Aug 2023
    • Research Product: TRENDY Consortium. Trends of Diabetes in Youth (TrenDY) during COVID-19 across United States. Abstract presented at American Diabetes Association meeting, June 2024, Orlando FL. 
  • Eshita Garg, Medical Student at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Lab member Oct 2021-Aug 2022
    • Research Product: Sena C, Della Torre J, Garg E, Zheng H, Partida I, Woo-Baidal J, Shamsian DV, Rausch J, Thaker VV*. Association of psychological attributes with eating behaviors in children 5-12 years of age during COVID-19 pandemic as a model for stress. In review
  • Julia Della-Torre, Clinical Dietician at NYU Lagone Tisch Hospital, Lab member Oct 2021-Aug 2022
    • Research Product: Sena C, Della Torre J, Garg E, Zheng H, Partida I, Woo-Baidal J, Shamsian DV, Rausch J, Thaker VV*. Association of psychological attributes with eating behaviors in children 5-12 years of age during COVID-19 pandemic as a model for stress. In review
  • Grazia Iannello, Associate Research scientist at Stem Cell Core, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Lab member Nov 2019 - Nov 2021

    • Research Products: Patel A, Iannello G, Diaz AG, Sirabella D, Thaker V, Corneo B. Efficient Cas9-based Genome Editing Using CRISPR Analysis Webtools in Severe Early-onset-obesity Patient-derived iPSCs. Curr Protoc. 2022 Aug;2(8):e519. doi:10.1002/cpz1.519. Erratum in: Curr Protoc. 2023 Jan;3(1):e681. PMID: 35950852;PMCID: PMC9377717.

    • Iannello G, Patel A, Sirabella D, Corneo B, Thaker VV. Derivation and characterization of the induced pluripotent stem cell line CUIMCi004-A from a patient with a novel frameshift variant in exon 18a of OCRL. Stem Cell Res. 2022 Mar;59:102635. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2021.102635. Epub 2021 Dec 23. PMID: 35074682; PMCID: PMC9970692.

    • Iannello G, Patel A, Sirabella D, Corneo B, Thaker V. Generation of the iPSC line CUIMCi003-A derived from a patient with severe early onset obesity. Stem Cell Res. 2021 Jul;54:102432. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2021.102432. Epub 2021 Jun 21. Erratum in: Stem Cell Res. 2022 May;61:102778. PMID: 34214899; PMCID: PMC8340056.

    • Sena C, Iannello G, Skowronski AA, Dannheim K, Cheung L, Agrawal PB, Hirschhorn JN, Zeitler P, LeDuc CA, Stratigopoulos G, Thaker VV. Endocrine and behavioural features of Lowe syndrome and their potential molecular mechanisms. J Med Genet. 2022 Dec;59(12):1171-1178. doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2022-108490. Epub 2022 Jul 8. PMID: 35803701; PMCID: PMC10186212.

  • Folake Adegboye, Lab member Sep 2019 - Aug 2020         
  • Xinlei Chen, Graduate student in Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, PA, Lab member Jun 2019 - Jul 2020
    • Research Product: Chen X, Deng S, Sena C, Zhou C, Thaker VV: Relationship of TSH Levels with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in US Youth and Reference Percentiles for Thyroid Function. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021, 106(3):e1221-e1230 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa900.                       
  • Presley Nichols, Pediatric Endocrinologist at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill  
    • Research Product: Nichols PH, Pan Y, May B, Pavlicova M, Rausch JC, Mencin AA, Thaker VV: Effect of TSH on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) independent of obesity in children of predominantly Hispanic/Latino ancestry by causal mediation analysis. PLoS One 2020, 15(6):e0234985 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234985.        
  • Shu Deng, Research Scientist, Brigham and Women's Hospital and The Broad Institute, Lab member Aug 2018 - Aug 2020

    • Research products: Chen X, Deng S, Sena C, Zhou C, Thaker VV: Relationship of TSH Levels with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in US Youth and Reference Percentiles for Thyroid Function. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2021, 106(3):e1221-e1230 DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgaa900.

    • Thaker VV, Deng S, Zhou C, West B, Si Y, Fennoy I. HOMA-IR Levels in US Youth Ages 12–18 Years From 1999–2018. J Endocr Soc. 2021 May 3;5(Suppl 1):A451. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvab048.921. PMCID: PMC8090378.

    • Thaker VV, Deng S, Gorski G, Vedantam S, Clish C, Salem R, Hirschhorn JN. Baseline Metabolomic Profile as Potential Biomarker for Weight Change After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery. J Endocr Soc. 2021 May 3;5(Suppl 1):A5. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvab048.009. PMCID: PMC8265719.

  • Hongyao (Mia) Xie, Research Scientist, Memorial Sloane Kettering Hospital, Lab member Jul 2019 - Jun 2020
  • Chuhan Zhou, Lab member Sep 2019 - Aug 2020
  • Michael Ohene-Adjei, Medical Student, Hofstra University, Lab member Sep 2018-Aug 2019
    • Research product: Sena C, Ohene-Adjei M, Deng S, Patibandla N, May B, de Ferranti SD, Starc TJ, Thaker VV: Lack of Age-Appropriate Reference Intervals Causing Potentially Missed Alerts in Clinical Reports of Dyslipidemia. J Pediatr 2023, 252:208-212 e203 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.08.017.             
  • Nia Ebrahim, Optometrist, New York School of Optometery, Lab member Sep 2018-Aug 2019
    • Research product: Ebrahim N, Deng, S, Khadegi A, Qian K, McDonald M., Weaver B., Christensen S, Patibandala N, Lopez-Pintado S, Hirschhorn JN, Thaker, VV. Novel method for classification of BMI using longitudinal clinical measurements and its validation. Oral Presentation; Pediatric Endocrine Society- Obesity Special Interest Group, Apr 2019. Baltimore, MD         
  • Yue (Lynette) Pan, Biostatistician
    • Research product: Nichols PH, Pan Y, May B, Pavlicova M, Rausch JC, Mencin AA, Thaker VV: Effect of TSH on Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) independent of obesity in children of predominantly Hispanic/Latino ancestry by causal mediation analysis. PLoS One 2020, 15(6):e0234985 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234985.
  • Augusta Nelson Holmquist, Lab member Jul 2017-Aug 2017
    • Research product: Thaker VV, Seaby E, Sathanayagam R, Ebrahim N, Kim J, Holmquist AN, Genetti C, Rajabi F, Schreiber J, Hirschhorn JN, Agrawal P. Identifying novel candidate genes for obesity by study of extreme and rare phenotypes. New York Obesity Regional Forum, Sep 2019, York City, NY                   
  • Sohum Gala, Georgia Tech University, Lab member Jul 2018-Aug 2018
    • Research product: Gala S, De Rosa MC, Su Q, Le Duc CA, Rausch R, Xin Y, Gromada J, Altarejos J, Leibel RL, Doege CA, Thaker VV, Stratigopoulos G. Harnessing Single Cell technology to understand the biology of Rpgrip1l on obesity. Poster; New York City Regional Obesity Forum, Sep 2018, New York, NY         
  • Apurva Khedagi, Internal Medicine Resident, Lab member Jul 2018-Aug 2018
    • Research product: Khedagi A, Qian K, McDonald M, Weaver B, Christensen S, Lopez-Pintado S, Hirschhorn JN, Thaker VV. Cardiometabolic risk factors in children with increasing severity of obesity. Oral Presentation; the New York City Regional Obesity Forum, Sep 2018, New York, NY