Dr. Jason Gaglia is a graduate of Rutgers College in New Jersey where he earned degrees in Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biology, Chemistry, and General Physics. He went on to Harvard Medical School as part of the Harvard/Massachusetts Institute of Technology Health Sciences and Technology Program where he was awarded his MD magna cum laude. He also is a graduate the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard affiliated Clinical Investigator Training Program. He completed residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Joslin Diabetes Center. He was also previously an Instructor in the Department of Pathology at Harvard Medical School.

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Dr. Gaglia’s research has been focused on immunology and type 1 diabetes. His accomplishments in these areas include cloning the immune regulatory molecule TIM-3, being a member of the National Institutes of Health Clinical Islet Transplant Program, and leading a clinical trial demonstrating the feasibility of using magnetic resonance imaging to measure inflammation in the pancreas with the development of type 1 diabetes.

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Dr. Gaglia is also a practicing endocrinologist and sees patients at Joslin's Adult Clinic.