P&F Studies

2019
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Amanda Ackermann MD PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Identifying Targets to Enhance Beta Cell Response in Diabetes using Single-Cell Functional Genomics
Eric Appel PhD	Stanford University	Expanding Global Access to Insulin by Eradicating the Cold Chain
Ashay Bhatwadekar PhD	Indiana University	Sodium-Glucose Transporter-2 Inhibition in Diabetic Retinopathy
Andrea Califano PhD	Columbia University	An unbiased drug screen approach to reverse beta cell dedifferentiation in diabetes
Ebony Boyce Carter MD MPH	Washington University in St Louis	Diabetes phenotypes in pregnancy
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