Research
Dr. Kelli’s research focuses on utilizing mobile health technologies to bring health education to underserved areas. In collaboration with his lifelong mentor Dr. Omar Lattouf, he has launched a global initiative to combat cardio metabolic syndrome through hosting seminars in the United States and around the globe. His academic mentors include world-renowned cardiology professors Dr. Arshed A. Quyyumi, Dr Viola Vaccarino and Dr. Laurence Sperling. He is conducting and leading several research projects focused on the impact of socioeconomic status on cardiovascular health and the role of disparity in oxidative stress and inflammatory markers. As a disparity fellow on the METRIC NIH funded grant, he is studying the impact of neighborhood features and socioeconomic status on cardiovascular risk factors. His research progress was featured in global medical news in the American College of Cardiology and Medscape. Dr. Kelli publishes and presents nationally and internationally with a focus on utilizing mobile health technologies to bring health education to underserved areas. |
Food Deserts and Cardiovascular HealthThe focus of my research is understanding the impact of the socioeconomic position and environmental attributes on cardiovascular health. Our aim is creating projects and interventions utilizing novel resources like mobile health technologies to tackle these health problems.
Our recent study focused on analyzing the impact of living in food deserts on cardiovascular health profile. The result were featured at the American College of Cardiology and it received global coverage by Medscape. My research is personal and driven by my background living in a food deserts when I arrived in the USA in 2001. Our research was published in journal of Circulation- Cardiovascular Quality and Outomes and featured on Reuters, Huffington Post, Daily Mail and more. |
Mobile HealthThe future of healthcare is mobile health (mhealth). My expertise is on targeting and implementing mhealth in meaningful management of chronic disease by engaging patients through simple and direct mhealth interventions. I combine my skills in graphic design/application interface with clinical expertise to formulate engaging and guideline based mhealth solutions.
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Socioeconomic Status and HealthThe association between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular (CV) risk factors has been well described. Whether a relationship exists between education/income and subclinical indices of vascular function and inflammation is unknown. We are studying the impact of lower education achievement and income status on subclinical vascular makers to understand the relationship between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease.
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Cardiovascular Risk PreventionCardio-Metabolic Syndrome is a cluster of diseases and risk factors—including high blood pressure, high blood sugar, unhealthy cholesterol levels and abdominal fat—that has reached epidemic proportion in Georgia, in the United States and across many, if not all countries around the world.
Our findings lead by Dr. Omar Lattouf formulated a submission of a proposal to the American College of Cardiology (ACC) to launch a global initiative to combat Cardio Metabolic and to hold a series of workshops, mini-summits and roundtable discussions. |