P&F Studies

2020
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Henry M Colecraft PhD	Columbia University	Engineering Next-Generation Tools to Dissect Calcium Channel Signaling in Pancreatic Beta Cells
Sheila Collins PhD	Vanderbilt University	Modulating Gbg -SNARE interaction for adipose tissue metabolism and energy expenditure
Joshua Cook MD PhD	Columbia University	Regulation of human bile acid metabolism in reversible insulin resistance
Seema Dangwal PhD	Stanford University	Endothelial Dysfunction: Connecting T2DM and COVID19-associated Organ Injury
Danielle Dean PhD	Vanderbilt University	Glucagon Resistance in Obesity
Sirano Dhe-Paganon PhD	Joslin Diabetes Center	Structural basis of XOR activation in obesity and metabolic syndrome
Jonathan Flak PhD	Indiana University	Identifying the downstream targets from the VMN in blood glucose control
Marina Gorbatyuk PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Target validation for diabetic retinopathy
Maria Grant MD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Identifying cardiometabolic biomarkers of executive dysfunction in children
Dina Hafez Griauzde MD MSc	University of Michigan	A Mixed methods pilot randomized controlled trial of a primary care-based weight loss navigation program for adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes
Tamara Hershey PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Brain Vascular Health in T1D
Ken Inoki MD PhD	University of Michigan	Role of lysosomal cholesterol sensing machinery and obesity
Alexander W Johnson PhD	University of Michigan	Lateral hypothalamic control over cephalic insulin release
Joshua Knowles MD PhD	Stanford University	Discovery and validation of novel causal genes for T2D-associated GWAS signals through advanced colocalization and perturbation analyses in metabolic cell types