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Dedeepya Konuthula, MD, is a general internist and pediatrician based at the University of Chicago. She is a researcher focused on the intersection of community-partnered policy interventions aimed at reducing cardiometabolic risk disparities, particularly in relation to obesity medicine. Dr. Konuthula has specific interest in understanding how weight stigma affects health outcomes and is actively investigating the effectiveness of tobacco cessation facilitator training for community health workers. She has contributed to various publications regarding nutrition, lifestyle, and weight counseling in pediatric primary care, as well as examining the challenges and opportunities in diagnosing and managing cardiometabolic risks in adolescents. Her work addresses significant public health issues, including anti-Black racism in academic medical settings.
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