P&F Studies

2017
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Isin Cakir PhD	University of Michigan	Reversal of diet-induced obesity with histone deacetylase 6 inhibitors
Ching-Yi Chen PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	The roles of miR-150 and miR-145 in adipocyte lipid metabolism and glucose homeostasis
Joseph Ciolino MD	Boston Area	A New Treatment for Diabetic Macular Edema
Amy L Clark DO	Washington University in St Louis	Defining the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in the development of autoimmune diabetes
Guoli Dai PhD	Indiana University	Placenta-Maternal Liver Axis Modulating Maternal Liver Glucose Production during Pregnancy
Mauricio Dorfman PhD	University of Washington	The Role of Androgens in Diet-Induced Microglial Activation and Metabolic Disease
Sarah Ann Eisenstein PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Neuroinflammation in obesity
Jason Flannik PhD	Boston Area	Experimental Characterization of SLC30A8 Variants for Protection Against Type 2 diabetes
Zev Gartner PhD		Quantifying islet structure in the mouse and human pancreas
Jorge F Giani PhD	UCSD-UCLA	The role of ACE on interleukin-1 beta production by renal tubular epithelial cells
Maria Golson PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Delta-Cell Regulation of Long-Term Beta-Cell Health
Philip Gordts PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Genetic Analysis of adipocyte‐associated Proteoglycans in type-2 diabetes and obesity
Dipika Gupta PhD	Indiana University	Role of Innate Immunity in Obesity and Metabolic Disease
Richard Hodin MD	Boston Area	Development of a Novel Oral Enzyme Therapy to Prevent and Treat T1D