P&F Studies

2024
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Farners Amargant i Riera PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Diabetes-associated mechanism of female subfertility: role of the ovarian stroma
Sushant Bhatnagar PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Brain angiogenesis inhibitor-3 GPCR regulates lipolysis and thermogenesis to modulate body weight in diet-induced obese mice.
Amanda Bicket MD	University of Michigan	Assessing Gait Variability in Diabetic Retinal Disease Through Wearable Technology
Katherine N Cahill MD	Vanderbilt University	The role of adipose tissue on systemic inflammation and metabolic dysregulation in obese asthma
Megan Capozzi PhD	University of Washington	Hepatic Glycogen Control of Insulin and Glucagon Action
Juarez Yenni Cedillo PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Nutritional intervention effects on obesity-related DAMPs and blood glucose among female adults.
Aisling M Chaney PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Non-invasive investigation of whole-body inflammation and link to cognitive dysfunction in type 2 diabetes
Xiaojuan Chen MD PhD	Columbia University	The in vivo function and dysfunction of human α-cells derived from stem cells or in pseudo T1D-islets
Ke Cheng PhD	Columbia University	Novel microRNA therapy for Type 2 diabetes
Antonios Chronopoulos PhD	Stanford University	Hyperglycemia-Induced Matrix Remodeling: A Key Modulator of CAF Heterogeneity in Liver Fibrosis and Hepatocellular Carcinogenesis
Kate Townsend Creasy PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Evaluating a ketogenic diet for the treatment of genetic disorders of glycogen metabolism
Clair Crewe PhD	Washington University in St Louis	The role of adipocyte extracellular vesicles in obesity-associated endothelial cell dysfunction
Pierre Dagher MD	Indiana University	Uncovering the role of pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 in diabetic kidney disease
Theodore Drivas MD PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Discovering novel roles for the primary cilium in insulin receptor signaling