METRICS News & Career Milestones
The ultimate measure of the METRICS model is the global professional ascent of our members. By leveraging our unique Pyramidal Mentorship Model and advanced clinical analytics, we actively dismantle the barriers that gatekeep medical leadership, equipping medical students and early-career physician-scientists from diverse backgrounds to stand at the vanguard of cardiometabolic medicine. This space serves as a living chronicle of our consortium’s journey, celebrating the latest updates, high-impact publications, and major career breakthroughs achieved by our investigators worldwide.
Preschool Years Identified as Critical Window for Obesity Reversal, Before 'Adiposity Trap' Sets in Post-Age Five
A breakthrough study of over 37,000 Spanish children reveals that while nearly all overweight toddlers (2-5 years) can revert to a healthy weight, this flexibility abruptly vanishes by age six.
Migraine History Linked to Elevated Ischemic Stroke Risk in Postmenopausal Women
A Neurology study of the WHI cohort, with the participati0on from Dr. Simin Liu, found that postmenopausal women with migraine have a modestly higher risk of ischemic stroke, extending the known migraine–stroke association into later life.
Transculturalizing Cardiometabolic Care: How Chile is Redefining Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Beyond Glycemic Control
SANTIAGO, CHILE — Traditional management models for type 2 diabetes (T2D) are facing a paradigm shift. A landmark consensus paper published by the Mechanick Transculturalization Research and Innovation ConSortium (METRICS)—led by Dr. Ramfis Nieto-Martínez in collaboration with Dr. Goodarz Danaei (Bernard Lown Scholar of the Harvard School of Public Health), Dr. Jeffrey I. Mechanick, Dr. Juan P. Gonzalez-Rivas, Dr. Carlos Grekin, and Dr. Diana de Oliveira-Gomes—outlines a bold new framework to combat the escalating cardiometabolic epidemic in Chile.
AI Transforms Standard Chest CTs into Powerful Predictors of Heart Failure and AFib
In a paradigm-shifting breakthrough for opportunistic screening, AI-driven cardiac chamber volumetry from non-ECG-gated chest CT scans—the overwhelming majority of scans performed annually—can reliably predict incident Heart Failure (HF) and Atrial Fibrillation (AF), matching the performance of specialized ECG-gated cardiac CTs, according to new research published in the American Journal of Preventive Cardiology.
METRICS was present at the 43rd International Symposium on Diabetes and Nutrition
Tarragona, Spain, hosted the DNSG 2026—and METRICS was there. Dr. Jeffrey I. Mechanick and Dr. Simin Liu shared their latest advances in diabetes and nutrition, while Dr. Juan P. González presented a poster on cardiovascular health misinformation. Abhi and the Docflic team were among the key sponsors who helped make the event possible.
20.06.2026
Docfliq Marks Five Years of Bridging the Medical Knowledge Gap
On its fifth anniversary, healthcare knowledge platform docfliq reflects on growing from a two-founder startup into a 25-person global operation that has reached over 100,000 healthcare professionals across every continent — remaining bootstrapped and profitable throughout — with plans to launch an AI-powered next chapter focused on delivering the right medical knowledge to the right clinician at the right moment.
12.04.2026
Dr. Anna Zimovjanova has been match to Pediatric at the pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital.
Anna Zimovjanova is completing the Master’s in Public Health at the HSPH and will continue her training in Boston.
11.04.2026
Four medical students, who are part of METRICS, are becoming doctors
Anna Zimovjanova in Czechia, Natalia Sulbaran and Pastor Soto in Venezuela, and Masih Babagoli in the US.
26.05.2025
Dr. Simin Liu was appointed the new Chair of the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Dr. Liu will be starting his position on October 1, 2024, at the UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population Public Health
08.03.2024
Dr. Anca Hâncu has been Appointed as an Adjunct Clinical Research Fellow
Dr. Hâncu started her position in July 2024, at the at the University UBB-Med Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
07.21.2024
Dr. Andrea Medina has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Dr. Medina will be starting her position in August 2024, at the at the University of the Andes (ULA), Mérida, Venezuela.
07.15.2024