P&F Studies

2014
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Donald D Muccio PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Metabolic Homeostasis Studies on the Retinoid X Receptor Rexinoid, UAB126
Colin Nichols PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Zebrafish model of excitability- driven diabetes
Andrew Oberst PhD	University of Washington	Exploring the Role of Immunogenic Cell Death in the Initiation of Diabetes
Olivia Osborn PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Identification of hypothalamic targets for the prevention of relapse to obesity after weight loss
Minal Patel PhD MPH	University of Michigan	Feasibility of pre-visit screening of diabetes-related financial burden on care outcomes
M Yanina Pepino de Gruev PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Metabolic effects of non-nutritive sweeteners
Francisco J Quintana PhD	Boston Area	Arrest of the diabetogenic T-cell response using IL-27-treated tolerogenic dendritic cells loaded with β-cell antigens
Kimberly J Reidy MD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	LKB1 effect on podocyte metabolism and structure in diabetic nephropathy
Simon Schenk PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Regulation of Muscle Insulin Action, the Acetylome and Gene Transcription by GCN5
Heath D Schmidt PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Examination of the behavioral and molecular mechanisms that mediate hyperphagia-induced increases in body weight during nicotine withdrawal
Victor L Schuster MD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Treating obesity by blocking metabolism of endogenous prostaglandins
Elizabeth Speliotes MD PhD MPH	University of Michigan	Metabolic studies on Lypla1 mutant mice
Kristy Townsend PhD	Boston Area	Mechanisms of fatty acid sensing and uptake by brown adipocytes
Jian Wang MD PhD	University of Michigan	Regulation of glycine metabolism is diabetes