P&F Studies

2014
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Elizabeth Speliotes MD PhD MPH	University of Michigan	Metabolic studies on Lypla1 mutant mice
Kristy Townsend PhD	Boston Area	Mechanisms of fatty acid sensing and uptake by brown adipocytes
Jian Wang MD PhD	University of Michigan	Regulation of glycine metabolism is diabetes
Wang Wang MD PhD	University of Washington	Mechanistic coupling between obesity and mitochondrial oxidative stress in diabetic cardiomyopathy
E John Wherry PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Linking Obesity, Immune Dysfunction and Infection
Jun Wu PhD	University of Michigan	The role of activation of RAGE by AGEs in diabetes-induced neuropathic pain
Heidi Yeh MD	Boston Area	Targeting pathways of inflammation in islet allotransplantation post kidney transplantation using AAT
Ren Zhang M.D PhD	University of Michigan	Examination of therapeutic potentials of lipasin monoclonal antibodies and the ChREBP-mediated transcriptional regulation
Sakeneh Zraika PhD	University of Washington	Acute Regulation of Insulin and Glucagon Secretion by Neprilysin

2013
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Yair Argon PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Modulation of the ER Stress Response of Pancreatic Beta Cells
Scott Ballinger PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	The impact of mitochondrial genetic background upon islet bioenergetics and beta
Paolo Bonato PhD	Boston Area	Comparing a Passive-Elastic and a Powered Prosthesis in Transtibial Amputees with Diabetes Mellitus
Mary Bouxsein PhD	Boston Area	Skeletal Fragility in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Brian Brown PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	miR-142-Regulated Vaccine for Boosting Islet Tolerance