P&F Studies

2016
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Jenny E Kanter PhD	University of Washington	Myeloid cell production of versican and atherosclerosis in diabetes
Alexander S Kauffman PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Role of Kisspeptin Signaling in Adiposity and Glucose Homeostasis
Galateia Kazakia PhD		Quantitative Assessment of Cortical Bone Porosity in Type 2 Diabetes using MRI
Cathryn Kolka PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Energy Expenditure in Skeletal Muscle
Roland Krug PhD		Quantitative Assessment of Cortical Bone Porosity in Type 2 Diabetes using MRI
Gregory Ku MD PhD		Harnessing CRISPR Interference to Identify Regulators of Insulin Secretion in Intact Primary Islets
Ellen E Ladenheim PhD		Bombesin receptor subtype-3 and glucose homeostasis
Heather Lawson PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Molecular and functional characterization of brown adipose tissue expansion in high fat-fed SM/J mice
Robert Lee PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Sweet Receptor Regulation of Airway Glucose Transport and Relevance to Upper Respiratory Infections in Diabetes Mellitus
Won Hee Lee PhD	Stanford University	Assessing the potential health risk of e-cigarettes in diabetes
Y Joyce Liao MD PhD	Stanford University	Treatment of vision loss due to optic nerve ischemia in diabetes
Amelia Linnemann PhD	Indiana University	Dysregulation of islet IL-6 signaling in type 2 diabetes
Jacqueline Linnes PhD	Indiana University	Portable, non-invasive monitor that detects glucose from exhaled breath condensates
Elena Matsa PhD	Stanford University	Identification of genetic variation determining patient-specific responses to anti-diabetic drugs