P&F Studies

2022
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Jefferson Knight PhD	University of Colorado Denver	Oxidative Stress-Induced Protein Damage in β-cell Secretory Dysfunction
Joshua Knowles MD PhD	Stanford University	Hepatic G protein-coupled receptor 151 as a target for type 2 diabetes treatment
Vishal Kothari PhD	University of Washington	TREM2 in NAFLD/NASH and atherosclerosis
Taiyi Diana Kuo PhD	Columbia University	Investigate the function of C2cd4a in metabolism
Geoffroy Laumet PhD	University of Michigan	Central Neurotensin in Alleviating Comorbid Obesity and Pain
Sooyeon Lee PhD	Stanford University	The pathophysiological role of Succinate Dehydrogenase deficiency in β-cell aging and diabetes
Sam Light PhD	University of Chicago	Characterizing gut microbiome activities with implications for prebiotic or probiotic type 2 diabetes treatments
Jing Liu PhD	Indiana University	Developing image based spatial transcriptomics to understand ß cell phenotypes in type 1 diabetes
Xuelin Lou PhD	University of Chicago	Understanding cortical actin nano-remodeling in insulin secretion and beta cell dysfunction
Jessica Maiers PhD	Indiana University	Investigating the role of the immunoproteasome in non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
David Merrick MD PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Contribution of novel adipocyte progenitor cell populations to metabolic disease
Sally Ong PhD	North Carolina	Intranasal Insulin for the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy
Tao Pan PhD	University of Chicago	Mechanisms of translational regulation by mRNA pseudouridine modification
Michele Patel PhD	Stanford University	Goal-setting in a standalone, digital weight loss intervention: a pilot factorial trial