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.

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