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Sandra currently works independently as a nutrition and diabetes educator consultant, as well as Director of Nutrition Services and Community Outreach at South Bronx Health Center, a program of Montefiore and The Children鈥檚 Health Fund. 

Kemmis is a physical therapist and certified diabetes educator at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, New York, where she splits her time between the Joslin Diabetes Center affiliate and as an adjunct professor for the PT program. 

Antinori-Lent is a diabetes clinical nurse specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Shadyside Hospital, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

 investigates bioactive peptides and proteins in foods that promote health benefits for reducing inflammation, markers of type 2 diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease risk. She identifies and characterizes the functional properties of food components, notably flavonoids in ethnic teas, herbs, and berries.
More information: Molecular mechanisms of chemoprevention of bioactive food components, mainly proteins and flavonoids, and their safety. The de Mejia lab studies food components with health benefits; analysis, characterization and mechanism of action of antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic compounds in foods (legumes, oilseeds and vegetables). They currently are working with bioactive proteins in different legumes. The research group investigates the role of processing on the presence, concentration and physicochemical characteristics of proteins with biological potential against transformed human cells as well as their safety, such as allergenic potential. They also are studying the health benefits of tea, in particular the molecular mechanisms underlying the biological effects of ethnic teas used in folk medicine to combat several disorders, including cancer. This scientific study will introduce new materials to improve human health.
Affiliations: Dr. de Mejia is a professor in the  and the , both part of the  (ACES) at the . 

Obesity medicine physician Eleanor Yusupov, D.O., serves as an assistant professor at New York Institute of Technology's College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM). Specializing in internal medicine, she is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of Obesity Medicine. She practices primary care at NYITCOM's healthcare centers in Old Westbury and Central Islip (both in New York).
Prior to joining the medical school's faculty, Yusupov practiced hospital medicine in leading academic medical centers, where she specialized in graduate medical education, acute inpatient care, and medical consultation.
Yusupov earned her D.O. degree from NYITCOM and also holds a Master of Public Health degree from Stony Brook University.