P&F Studies

2018
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Diane Alba MD	UCSF	Determining the role of beige adipocyte precursor cells in human insulin resistance
Justin Annes MD PhD	Stanford University	Development of β-Cell-Targeted Regenerative Therapeutics using a Novel Prodrug Strategy
Luis Arnes PhD	Columbia University	Long non-coding RNAs in beta cell function
Jodie L Babitt MD	Boston Area	Bone morphogenetic protein 6 (BMP6) as a regulator of pancreatic islet a -cell mass
Scott Charles Beeman PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Quantifying the primary drivers of the hypoxia-driven insulin resistance mechanism
Rachel H Bonami PhD	Vanderbilt University	Interrogating the Molecular Origins of B Lymphocyte Autoimmunity for Insulin
Eric Buras MD PhD	University of Michigan	Fibro-adipogenic remodeling of the diaphragm in obesity hypoventilation syndrome
Christian Burgess PhD	University of Michigan	Investigating the relationship between lateral hypothalamic peptide release and energy balance
Suchitra Chandrasekara MD MSCE	University of Washington	Investigate MBH gliosis in humans as a potential precursor to the development of GDM
Charles Chung PhD	University of Michigan	Does insulin signaling regulate cardiac stiffness via regulation of titin splicing?
Stephanie Correa PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Bypassing estrogen to manipulate a neural circuit that controls body weight
Eyal Dassau PhD	Joslin Diabetes Center	Can technology improve self-care in youth with Type-1 Diabetes?
Carmen De Miguel PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	The roles of miR-150 and miR-145 in adipocyte lipid metabolism and glucose homeostasis
Utkan Demirci PhD	Stanford University	An Automated, Centrifuge-Free Platform for Isolating Pancreatic Islets using Magnetic Levitation