B’joe is a Research Study Coordinator for MASALA studies in the Center for Community Health at the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM), Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois. He earned his M.Sc. in 1999 from Medical College Baroda, M.S University, Baroda, India. His previous research work focused on Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular disease, and Dementia in the Indian population. His earlier assignments include being a Junior and Senior Research fellow at Cardiac Care Center, SRMC&RI in Chennai, India. He is very excited to be a part of South Asian Studies in America, the MASALA Exam 3 and MASALA 2G Studies at Northwestern University.