P&F Studies

2023
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Curtis L Gabriel MD PhD	Vanderbilt University	The Intestinal Microbiome and Ectopic Fat in Persons with HIV
David Hill MD PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Contribution of novel adipocyte progenitor cell populations to metabolic disease
Heba Ismail PhD	Indiana University	The gut microbiome in children with type 1 diabetes with obesity and novel mechanism of action of metformin
Danielle Janosevic DO	Indiana University	Kidney sphingolipid composition in diabetic mice predispose to sepsis-associated acute kidney injury
Hyeong-Geug Kim PhD	Indiana University	Protective effects of hepatocyte ATG14 against inflammasome driven pyroposis
Seiya Kitamura PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Small molecule degraders of soluble epoxide hydrolase as novel therapeutics for diabetes
Yukiko Kitase DDS PhD	Indiana University	The impact of high-fat diet on osteocyte energy metabolism and function
Vira Kravets PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Role of the functional b-cell heterogeneity in pancreatic islets in T2DVira Kravets, Ph.D
Yao-Ying Ma MD PhD	Indiana University	Exploitation of neural strategies to regulate motivation for diabetes self-management
Lyndsay Nelson PhD	Vanderbilt University	Bridging the digital health divide for patients with diabetes
Robert Newman PhD	North Carolina	Novel Biomarker Signatures of Kidney Injury in DKD
Holly O'Donnell PhD	University of Colorado Denver	Understanding the Child Experience in the Autoimmunity Screening for Kids (ASK) Study
David Samuels PhD	Vanderbilt University	Elucidating mechanisms of mitochondrial genetics on diabetes risk in persons of African ancestry with HIV
Farnaz Shamsi PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Targeting Adipose Tissue Neurovasculature to Improve Metabolism