The MASALA Study Unpacks South Asians’ Heart and Metabolic Disease Risk
3 Quarks Daily • 3/11/2026
Summary
The MASALA Study investigates the risk of heart and metabolic diseases among South Asians. Alka Kanaya, a general internist and physician scientist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has observed a significant prevalence of diabetes and heart disease in her family and among young South Asian men.
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