P&F Studies

2023
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
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
Robert Thomas MD PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Epigenetic regulation of food intake behavior and body weight
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
Alicia White MD	University of Colorado Denver	Investigating Fetal Pancreatic β-cell NFκB Signaling as a Novel Pathway Linking Early Metabolic Dysfunction to Type 2 Diabetes Later in Life
Mollie Wood PhD MPH	North Carolina	Use of Antidepressant Medications in Pregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Emulation of a Target Randomized Controlled Trial Using Insurance Claims Data
Jody Ye PhD	Columbia University	Investigating the roles of beta-cell Golgi stress in Type 1 Diabetes
Goufang Zhang PhD	North Carolina	Sexual Dimorphism in a Novel Muscle-Liver Pathway for BCAA Metabolism

2022
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Aitor Aguirre PhD	University of Michigan	A human heart organoid model to study maternal-diabetes induced cardiac embryopathies
Amish Asthana PhD	North Carolina	Artificial Mitochondrial Transfer for Preserving Islet Health Post-Isolation
Emily Bates PhD	University of Colorado Denver	Determining the effect of in utero CBD exposure on eating behaviors, obesity, and insulin resistance
Joseph Baur PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Integration of glucose telemetry with indirect calorimetry