Research Interests: Nutritional Epidemiology, Dietary Patterns, Cardiovascular Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolomics, Proteomics, Dietary Biomarkers, Precision Nutrition
Dr Bhupathiraju is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Nutrition at Harvard Medical School and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and an Associate Epidemiologist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research focuses on dietary and lifestyle predictors of cardiometabolic diseases, especially among high-risk populations such as South Asians, Asian Indians, and Hispanics. She utilises cutting-edge omic technologies to identify dietary biomarkers and mechanisms through which diet influences disease risk.
Dr Bhupathiraju is funded by several research projects from the National Institutes of Health and USDA. Below is a list of active and completed grants
No Award #
BWH Innovation Evergreen Fund
01/2024-12/2024
Bhupathiraju, SN. (PI)
Proteomic Signatures of a Mediterranean Diet Intervention and Diabetes Risk
59-0204-3-007
USDA
09/2023-08/2026
Bhupathiraju, SN (PI)
Effect of Peanut on Glycemic Control, Cardiometabolic Risk, and General Wellness Among Overweight and Obese Asian Indians
59-0204-3-007
USDA
09/2023-08/2026
Bhupathiraju, SN (PI)
Effect of Peanut on Glycemic Control, Cardiometabolic Risk, and General Wellness Among Overweight and Obese Asian Indians
R01DK125273
NIH/NIDDK
08/2020 – 04/2024
Hirschhorn, J. (PI), Role: Co-Investigator
Metabolomics from a Controlled Feeding Study and Large Cohorts to Identify Diet-Associated Biomarkers, Augmented by Genetics to Infer Causality for Cardiometabolic Outcomes
1U2CDK129670-01
NIH/NIDDK
08/2021 – 06/2026
Clish, C. (PI), Role: Project Director
Dietary Biomarkers Development Center at Harvard University
1R01DK120560-01
NIH/NIDDK
Bhupathiraju, S. (PI)
04/10/2019-3/31/2023
Saliva and Plasma Metabolomic Signatures of Diabetes Progression in a Hispanic Cohort
R01DK112940
Hu, F. (PI) et al. Role: Co-Investigator
NIH/NIDDK
01/25/2018 – 12/31/2021
Circulating Plasma Metabolites, Diet, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
No Award #
Sun, Q. (PI), Role: Co-Investigator
HSPH
01/01/2020 – 12/31/2021
Interdisciplinary Projects on Metabolic Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease
No Award #
Ambuja Cement Foundation
Bhupathiraju, S. PI
11/13/2019-07/31/2021
Evaluation of the ACF Non-Communicable Disease Program
K01DK107804
NIH/NIDDK
Bhupathiraju (PI)
07/2016 – 08/2020
Metabolomics and Type 2 Diabetes in a Cohort of Older Puerto Ricans
OPP1156009
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Willett, W. PI, Role: co-PI