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Kristine Gu, MD, MPH

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Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address2540 23rd Street, #2805
San Francisco CA 94110
PronounsShe/Her/Hers
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    Tulane University, New Orleans, LABS05/2013Cell & Molecular Biology
    Tulane University, New Orleans, LAMPH05/2018Community Health Sciences
    Tulane University, New Orleans, LAMD05/2018Medicine
    Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CAResidency06/2021Internal Medicine
    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MAFellowship06/2024Endocrinology

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    1. Design of Heart Well: A randomized pilot study of a community health worker-delivered nutrition intervention for low-income adults with hypertension. Contemp Clin Trials. 2026 Mar; 162:108244. Gu KD, Cheng J, Bejarano O, Gelsomin E, Malone A, Faulkner KC, Thorndike AN. PMID: 41610938.
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    2. Sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with diet quality in low-income adults with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Prim Care Diabetes. 2026 Feb; 20(1):120-126. Gu KD, Shinnick D, Thaweethai T, Cheng J, Wexler DJ, Thorndike AN. PMID: 41309358; PMCID: PMC12912162.
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    3. Sociodemographic and behavioral factors associated with diet quality among low-income community health center patients with hypertension. PLoS One. 2025; 20(1):e0299781. Cheng J, Faulkner KC, Malone A, Gu KD, Thorndike AN. PMID: 39804922; PMCID: PMC11730379.
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    4. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists before upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and risk of pulmonary aspiration or discontinuation of procedure: cohort study. BMJ. 2024 10 22; 387:e080340. Alkabbani W, Suissa K, Gu KD, Cromer SJ, Paik JM, Bykov K, Hobai I, Thompson CC, Wexler DJ, Patorno E. PMID: 39438043; PMCID: PMC11494456.
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    5. Association of food insecurity with changes in diet quality, weight, and glycemia over two years in adults with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes on medicaid. Nutr Diabetes. 2024 04 09; 14(1):16. Gu KD, Cheng J, Fung V, Levy DE, McGovern S, McCurley JL, Clark CR, Thorndike AN. PMID: 38594250; PMCID: PMC11003964.
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    6. Patient and Community Health Worker (CHW) Perspectives on a CHW-delivered Nutrition Intervention for Low-Income Adults with Hypertension: A Qualitative Study. J Prim Care Community Health. 2024 Jan-Dec; 15:21501319241285855. Gu KD, Cheng J, Malone A, Faulkner KC, Bejarano O, Gelsomin E, Thorndike AN. PMID: 39374104; PMCID: PMC11462560.
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    7. Association of Food Insecurity with Changes in Diet Quality, Weight, and Glycemia Over Two Years in Adults with Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes on Medicaid. Res Sq. 2023 Oct 24. Gu K, Cheng J, Fung V, Levy D, McGovern S, McCurley J, Clark C, Thorndike A. PMID: 37961081; PMCID: PMC10635307.
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    8. Housing instability and cardiometabolic health in the United States: a narrative review of the literature. BMC Public Health. 2023 05 23; 23(1):931. Gu KD, Faulkner KC, Thorndike AN. PMID: 37221492; PMCID: PMC10203673.
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