P&F Studies

2017
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
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
Ali Javaheri MD PhD	Washington University in St Louis	https://diabetesresearchcenter.wustl.edu/pilot-and-feasibility-grant-program/currently-funded-pilot-feasibility-projects/
Jenny E Kanter PhD	University of Washington	Myeloid cell production of versican and atherosclerosis in diabetes
Ju Youn Kim PhD	UCSD-UCLA	New Role of Caspase 2 in SREBP activation and de novo Lipid Synthesis via S1P cleavage
Ulrike Klueh PhD	University of Michigan	Development of blood biomarkers for clinical management of diabetic foot ulcers
Jennifer Lee PhD	Stanford University	Diabetes Precision Phenotyping & Outcomes Prediction in Health Care