Director and Founder of AADI George L. King, M.D., is the Research Director of Joslin Diabetes Center, Head of the Section on Vascular Cell Biology and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. His research interests include vascular complications of diabetes, insulin resistance and its effects on diabetic cardiovascular disease.
					Co-Director of AADI William C. Hsu, M.D., is the Director of the Asian Clinic at Joslin Diabetes Center and on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. His interests include understanding the causes and treatment of diabetes in Asian Americans, improvement of culturally appropriate care and development of technology in the care of diabetes.
					Senior Physician at Joslin Diabetes Clinic Om P. Ganda, M.D. is a Senior Physician and Director of the Lipid Clinic at Joslin Diabetes Center and Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Ganda has authored more than 100 publications. His awards and honors include Capp's Research Scholar Award from Harvard Medical School, RV Sathe Oration Award at the Golden Jubilee of the Association of Physicians of India and the GP Moses Oration Award by the Research Society for the Study of Diabetes in India.
					Dietitian and Diabetes Educator Sophia Cheung, M.S., R.D., is a Nutrition and Diabetes Educator at Joslin and AADI's dietitian. Her research and clinical focus is on the relationship between diets and diabetes in the Asian American population.
					Coordinator Nancy Hong, M.S., is the AADI coordinator involved in research, outreach and our Asian Clinic at Joslin.  She is the project manager for various outreach and special projects, including the annual "Spoonful of Ginger" fundraising event.  Nancy graduated from the Harvard School of Public Health and is fully committed to the mission of AADI.  Her goal is to bring greater visibility to AADI both on a local and national level.
					Research Intern (Summer 2007) Phillip Kim is currently a pre-med senior at Cornell University, majoring in Biological and Environmental Engineering. As a recent immigrant himself, he is dedicated to helping the immigrant population, especially the Asian Americans, through the power of medicine. He plays an active role in the Diet Study at AADI and has hopes to extend the reach of AADI into the Korean American population in Boston.          Nutrition Intern (Summer 2007) Emily Hou is a senior at Cornell University majoring in Nutritional Sciences.  After graduation, she plans to become a registered dietitian.  She is interested in minority health disparities as well as nutrition education and clinical care.  Working closely with our dietician at AADI, she is developing new nutrition educational resources relevant to the Asian American population and also providing support for the food and nutrition aspects of the Diet Study.