P&F Studies

2023
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Mengjie Chen PhD	University of Chicago	Leveraging single-cell multi-comics data and genetic studies to understand β-cell compensation failure in T2D
Danny Chou PhD	Stanford University	Engineering potent antagonistic insulin derivatives for treating hyperinsulinism
Kate Townsend Creasy PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Evaluating a ketogenic diet for the treatment of genetic disorders of glycogen metabolism
Martha Cyert PhD	Stanford University	Elucidating novel mechanisms for pancreatitis through calcineurin signaling
Nicholas Ferrell PhD	University of Michigan	Engineered Extracellular Vesicles to Attenuate Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Diabetes
Curtis L Gabriel MD PhD	Vanderbilt University	The Intestinal Microbiome and Ectopic Fat in Persons with HIV
Ming He MD PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Histone H3 O-GlcNAcylation in Endothelial Cells Contributes to Diabetes-accelerated Atherosclerosis
David Hill MD PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Contribution of novel adipocyte progenitor cell populations to metabolic disease
Hanne (Hanna) Hoffman PhD	University of Michigan	Role of zinc in uterine contractile malfunction in pregestational diabetes
Shahnawaz Imam DVM PhD	University of Michigan	Pancreatic islets rescue in Type 1 Diabetes using immunomodulators
Heba Ismail PhD	Indiana University	The gut microbiome in children with type 1 diabetes with obesity and novel mechanism of action of metformin
Danielle Janosevic DO	Indiana University	Kidney sphingolipid composition in diabetic mice predispose to sepsis-associated acute kidney injury
Yuwei Jiang PhD	University of Chicago	The role of CCL22/CCR4 in beige adipocyte recruitment and metabolic health
Rebecca Johnson MD	Stanford University	Nutrition as Medicine: The role of whole food plant-based diets in children with T2D, a pilot study