P&F Studies

2025
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Mona Mashayekhi MD PhD	Vanderbilt University	The Effect of SGLT2 Inhibition on Immunometabolism
Stephen McCartney MD PhD	University of Washington	Determining the Role of Glucose Utilization in Immune Cell Function at the Maternal Fetal Interface
Ravinder Reddy PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Metabolic Imaging of GLP-1 Receptor Effects on Muscle
McKenzie Roddy PhD	Vanderbilt University	Development of a Conceptual Framework for Social Connection and T2D Management
Ayodeji Sanusi MD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Impact of Preconception Glucagon Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist (GLP1-RA) Use and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes
Priscila Sato PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	The Role of β-cell GRK2 in Altering Islet Secretome and Exosome Content in Obesity
Eleonora Scorletti MD PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Investigating the Impact of GLP1R Gene Variants on Therapeutic Response to GLP1R Agonists in African American and European Populations
Fubiao Shi PhD	Vanderbilt University	Targeting salt-inducible kinases to improve the cardiometabolic fitness in HFpEF
Nadia Sneed PhD	Vanderbilt University	Whole Foods for Teens – A Family-Based Dietary Intervention to Reduce Body Adiposity in Adolescents with Obesity
Celestine Wanjalla MD PhD	Vanderbilt University	The Role of CX3CR1+ GPR56+ CD57+ T Cells in Metabolic Disease
Parker C Wilson MD PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Single-cell detection of somatic mosaicism in diabetic kidney disease

2024
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Nathaniel Hogrebe PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Improving stem cell-derived islet generation by refining gut tube patterning
Claire Acevedo PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Investigating Emerging Collagen Damage and Osteocyte Dysfunction in Type 2 Diabetes-Related Bone Fragility
Juan Alvarez PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Linking functional maturity to the human islet inflammatory response via integrated bioelectronics & spatial transcriptomic