Biomedical scientist · Consultant · Communicator
I develop quantitative frameworks for detecting type 2 diabetes earlier than glucose-based criteria allow. My program — the Islet Coordination Score — combines mechanistic mouse studies, conceptual synthesis, and human population validation in NHANES.
An islet-coordination framework for early detection of T2D
Type 2 diabetes is conventionally defined by glucose thresholds. By the time those thresholds are crossed, the islet has already undergone years of structured adaptation. The Islet Coordination Score reframes T2D as progressive coordination failure — measurable before glucose itself goes out of range. Three U.S. provisional patents filed (2026).
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I work with students and families on college admissions, graduate and medical school applications, and high-school science tutoring. Active Harvard College alumni interviewer and independent premed advisor since 2022. Bilingual English / Spanish.
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Essays and short notes live on the blog. For the formal record, see peer-reviewed publications and the full CV.