RITA RASTOGI KALYANI, MD, MHS, FACP

Founder and Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Rita Kalyani is a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism. She is an active clinician and sees patients in the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Diabetes Center. Dr. Kalyani’s research focuses on diabetes and its complications, particularly in high-risk populations. She is a past Chair of the American Diabetes Association’s Professional Practice Committee, responsible for the annual clinical guidelines statement ADA Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2018. She is a past member of the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Dr. Kalyani is co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Johns Hopkins Diabetes POC-IT Guide for health care professionals. She is coauthor of two books for people with diabetes, Diabetes Head to Toe: Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, and Living With Diabetes (2018) and also Winning With Diabetes: Inspiring Stories from Athletes to Help You Thrive (2023), both published by JHU Press. Her recognitions include Maryland’s Top 100 Women (2017), Endocrine Society’s Laureate Award for Outstanding Public Service (2022), and Baltimore Sun’s 25 Women to Watch 2024. Dr. Kalyani currently serves as President of the American Diabetes Association for Medicine & Science (2025).

Jennifer E. Fairman, MA, MPS, CMI, FAMI

Creative Designer and Developer
Certified Medical Illustrator

Jeni is a highly regarded medical illustrator who holds a faculty appointment as an Associate Professor in the Department of Art as Applied to Medicine where she previously received her Master of Arts in Medical and Biological Illustration. Her background includes experience in medical and scientific illustration for publication and patient education, 2D animation, web interactivity and graphic design. Jennifer is a professional member of and served on the Board of Governors of the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI) and is a past Chair of its Mentorship Committee. She served as a scientific illustrator and research associate in entomology for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. She is also a professional member of the GNSI, The Illustrators Club of Washington, DC, and has served for 4 terms as a Board Member and is currently an advisor to the Vesalius Trust. She has received numerous grants and awards for her work including Awards of Merit and Excellence from the AMI, a Smithsonian Women’s Committee Grant, a James Smithson Society Fellowship, and a Vesalius Trust Research Grant. Ms. Fairman is also the 1999 recipient of the Inez Demonet Award. She was inducted as a 2007 Fellow of the AMI and received it’s Outstanding Achievement Award twice; once in 2008 and again 2024. She is currently serving as the AMI’s President-Elect.

Alycia Hancock, BA, MBE

Manager

Alycia earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Notre Dame of Maryland University and a Master of Bioethics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Alycia began at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2022 as a Sr. Alma Science Fellow from Notre Dame of Maryland University, where she participated on the design of a usability and feasibility study for the Johns Hopkins Patient Guide to Diabetes. Alycia then worked as a Johns Hopkins Research Administration Trainee in crucial areas of research administration, including pre-award, award, and post-award management. Alycia now works as a Research Coordinator for the Gender Equity Unit at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Angela Yang, BA

Editorial Assistant

Angela Yang studied violin performance at Peabody Conservatory before graduating from Johns Hopkins University with an undergraduate degree in public health, focusing on adolescent socio-medical studies. Angela joined a T1D pathology research lab at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine where her investigations were on the mechanisms of anti-islet antibodies and x-monoclonal antibodies. She completed her summer research internship at the Joslin Diabetes Center to explore physiological mechanisms of SGLT-2 Inhibitor and CRISPR screening for beta cell protection. As a prospective medical student, she plans to devote her academic studies and career in the interdisciplinary field of public health, medicine, and law to comprehensively target widening gaps in health inequity.

Experts 

• • Marissa Alert, PhD
  • Eugene Arnold, MS LD RD CDCES
  • Wendy Bennett, MD, MPH
  • Roger S. Blumenthal, MD
  • Stanley Chen Cardenas, MD
  • Mark Corriere, MD
  • Alona Crowder, PharmD CDCES
  • Andrew Demidowich, MD
  • Roni Dinkes, AuD, CCC-A
  • Thomas Donner, MD
  • Panagis Galiatsatos, MD, MHS
  • Meg Gerstenblith, MD
  • Michael Goggins, MBBCh, MD
  • Adena Goldstein, RN BSN CDCES
  • Asha Gullapalli, MS RD LDN CDCES
  • Michelle Johansen, MD, PhD
  • Jonathan Jun, MD
  • Edward K. Kasper, MD
  • Daphne Knicely, MD
  • Benjamin Lalani
  • Marci Laudenslager, MD, MHS, DABOM
  • Gerard Limerick, MD, PhD

• • Sheela Magge, MD, MSCE
  • Nelson Maniscalco, DPM FACPM DABPM
  • Nestoras Mathioudakis, MD, MHS
  • Christine McKinney, RD LDN CDCES
  • Lisa Miller, DPM
  • Sananda Moctezuma Vega, MD
  • Kendall Moseley, MD
  • Caitlin Nass, MSN CRNP
  • Connie Qiu, MD
  • Elizabeth Ratchford, MD
  • Susan Renda, DNP, CDCES
  • Amy Rohrbaugh, BA MS (President & Founder, The Frannie Foundation)
  • Aniket Sidhaye, MD
  • Sharon Solomon, MD
  • Maureen Seel, RDN/LDN CDCES
  • Justin Basile Echouffo Tcheugui, MD, PhD
  • Raghav Tripathi, MD
  • Kimberly Vaughn, CRNP MSN
  • Risa Wolf, MD
  • Karl Zeren, DDS