P&F Studies

2019
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Suchitra Chandrasekara MD MSCE	University of Washington	Investigate MBH gliosis in humans as a potential precursor to the development of GDM
Mark Davis PhD	Stanford University	Targeting KIR+ Regulatory CD8+ T cells in Type 1 Diabetes
Tejal Desai PhD		Expansion of Antigen-Specific Tregs Using DNA-Scaffolded Biomaterials
Sirano Dhe-Paganon PhD	Joslin Diabetes Center	Structural basis of XOR activation in obesity and metabolic syndrome
Laya Ekhlaspour MD	Stanford University	Modeling and modulating insulin delivery in automated insulin delivery systems to accommodate for meal compositions
C Garrison (Garry) Fathman MD	Stanford University	Changes in FCGR2B expression during the pathogenesis and progression of type 1 diabetes
Jamie Felton MD	Indiana University	Hypoxia-Induced Metabolic Reprogramming in Islet-Infiltrating B Cells
Paul Fleming PhD MPH	University of Michigan	Immigration-related stress and risk for diabetes
Chen Gao PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Branched-Chain Amino Acids Catabolism in Pathogenesis of Insulin Resistance: Mechanism and Therapy
Nana Gletsu Miller PhD	Indiana University	Reducing Sugar Intake By Substituting Sparkling Water in Adolescents at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Hani Goodarzi PhD		A liquid Biopsy Approach for Early Detection of Type 1 Diabetes
Marissa Gowey PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Identifying cardiometabolic biomarkers of executive dysfunction in children
Jaclynn Hawkins MSW PhD	University of Michigan	Men in Action (M-Action): cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and community-based exercise (EXER) intervention for black men with type 2 diabetes
Yi He PhD	University of Washington	Apolipoprotein A-I Rotamers, HDL Function and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Diabetes