P&F Studies

2022
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Medha Priyadarshini PhD	University of Chicago	Microbiota-aryl hydrocarbon receptor axis in pregnancy insulin resistance
Sasanka Ramanadham PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Lipid-Signaling to Novel Epigenetic Transcriptional Events (Yr02)
Amy Rumora PhD	Columbia University	Molecular Mechanisms of Diabetic Neuropathy
Priscilla Sato PhD	University of Pennsylvania	The functional role of GRK2 in regulating islet function
Ismail Sayed PhD	Joslin Diabetes Center	Effects of novel lipids on on the NLRP3 inflammasome and impact on diabetogenesis in NOD model
Jessica Schmitt MD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Use of Continuous Glucose Monitors to improve outcome in Youth with Pre-Diabetes
Eric Stice PhD	Stanford University	Evaluating a Brief Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Program with Greater Scalability
Mariya Sweetwyne PhD	University of Washington	Sexual dimorphism of mtDNA mutation accumulation in response to diet-induced obesity
Kristy Townsend PhD	University of Michigan	Determining the functional impacts and mechanistic actions of the sensory neuropeptide calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) in adipose tissue
Narendra Wajapeyee PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Chromatin modifiers as Regulators of Insulin Signaling and Insulin Resistance
Nian Wang PhD	Indiana University	Whole brain connectivity alterations in metabolic syndrome swine using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging
Kathleen Woulfe PhD	University of Colorado Denver	Hyperglycemia mediates sarcomeric mechanical function in cardiac and skeletal muscle
Daniel Zeve MD, PhD	Joslin Diabetes Center	Use of human enteroids/organoids to induce K and L enteroendocrine cells that appropriately respond to nutrients in vitro and in vivo.

2021
Pilot Awardee		Center	Pilot Study
Colleen Buggs-Saxton MD PhD		University of Michigan	Evaluating the utility of a wireless-enabled “smart” Insulin Pen to improve glycemic control in pediatric type 1 diabetes