P&F Studies

2019
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Li Li MD PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Characterize Cardiometabolic Risks in Adolescents: Impact of Early Life Stress
Stephan Liberles PhD	Joslin Diabetes Center	The impact of vagal nutrient-sensing neurons on systemic metabolism
Kartik Mani MBBS	Washington University in St Louis	Targeting protein aggregation in cardiac myocytes – A novel strategy in diabetic cardiomyopathy
Hassane S Mchaourab PhD	Vanderbilt University	Biophysical Analysis of G6PC1, a Key Factor Driving Elevated Hepatic Glucose Production in Diabetes
Tapan Mehta PhD, MSEE	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Cardiometabolic Disease Staging System to Improve Medical Management of Obesity and Diabetes in Primary Care Settings: A Feasibility Study
Emillio Mottillo PhD	University of Michigan	Piloting the ABHD5/PNPLA3 metabolon in response to endogenous lipd ligands
Jeremy Pettus MD	UCSD-UCLA	The Metabolic Effects of Disrupted Glucagon Signaling in Type 1 Diabetes
Caroline Presley PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Mindfullness, Emotional Distress, and Diabetes Self-management Behaviors in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
James Priest MD	Stanford University	Dissecting mechanisms of maternal diabetic risk for congenital heart disease in offspring
Louis Ptacek MD		Nutrient Sensing in Circadian Control
Robert Raffai PhD		Macrophage Exosomes in Obesity & Diabetes Control
Sasanka Ramanadham PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Linking Novel Lipid-Signaling with Transcriptional Events
Lucia Russo PhD	University of Michigan	Study of cholesterol 25-hydroxylase in the regulation of adipose tissue inflammation using human approaches
Dhruv Sareen PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Functional Human iPSC-Derived Pancreatic Islets in Co-culture with Isogenic Vascular endothelial Cells