P&F Studies

2023
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Holly O'Donnell PhD	University of Colorado Denver	Understanding the Child Experience in the Autoimmunity Screening for Kids (ASK) Study
Allison Okamura PhD	Stanford University	Smartphone-based vibration perception test for sensory neuropathy
Eric Plaisance PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Role of exogenous ketone esters on hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism
Mary Rinella MD	University of Chicago	Changes in Glucose Tolerance in Patients with Cirrhosis Peri-Liver Transplant
William Robinson MD PhD	Stanford University	Investigating the role of EBV in type 1 diabetes
Farnaz Shamsi PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Targeting Adipose Tissue Neurovasculature to Improve Metabolism
Debora Sobreira PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Dissecting the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes: from regulatory variants to gene function
Jason Spaeth PhD	Indiana University	Chd4 controls endocrine progenitor cell fate in vivo
Molly Tanenbaum PhD	Stanford University	Mindful T1D: A compassion-based pilot program to prevent device burnout in adults with T1D
Robert Thomas MD PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Epigenetic regulation of food intake behavior and body weight
Ana Valencia PhD	University of Washington	Adaptation of Mitochondria to Weight Loss, and their Impact on Energy Balance and Inflammation
Jay Vornhagen PhD	Indiana University	Assessing the role of type 2 diabetes in klebsiella pneumoniae pathogenesis
Linheng Wang PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Mechanisms of TOX4 deficiency-induced steatosis
Emily C Whang MD PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Aster-mediated cholesterol transport in the intestine plays a major role in cholesterol absorption