P&F Studies

2017
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Amedeo Vetere PhD	Boston Area	Dissecting the Transcriptional Landscape of the Proliferating Adults Human Beta Cells by single-cell RNA sequencing
Wei Ying PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Adipose tissue macrophages secrete exosomal miRNAs as paracrine molecules to directly modulate insulin target cell function in response to obesity
Oleg Zaslavsky PhD MHA RN	University of Washington	Glucose Targets and Functional Decline in 80 Years Old and Older with Type 2 Diabetes
Xiaolin Zheng, PhD	Stanford University	Breath Acetone Sensor towards Non-invasive Diabetic Monitoring

2016
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Michael Ailion PhD	University of Washington	Proteins required for insulin secretory granule biogenesis
Brady Atwood PhD	Indiana University	The impact of high fat, high sugar diet on the dorsal striatum: neuronal behavioral consequences
Amber L Beitelshees PharmD MPH		Toward Precision Medicine of Diabetes Treatment: a pilot & feasibility study of DPP4 inhibitors
Nicolas Berbari PhD	Indiana University	Conditional loss of Rpgrip1l in hyperphagia and obesity
Vivek Bhalla MD	Stanford University	Validation of cell-free RNA associated with human diabetic kidney disease
Aditi Bhargava PhD		Role of Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor 2 (CRF2R) in Glucose Homeostasis and Diabetes
Joseph Bidwell PhD	Indiana University	Nmp4 is a novel regulator of beta cell mass and function
Nathan C Bingham MD PhD	Vanderbilt University	Mitigation of hypothalamic inflammation via ablation of microglial IKKbeta
Raymond D Blind PhD	Vanderbilt University	Visualizing liver nuclear receptor phospholipid membrane exchange
Kellie Breen PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Glucocorticoid Disruption of Placental Junctional Zone Endocrine Function and the Downstream Prenatal Programming of Metabolic Syndrome