P&F Studies

2016
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Hongxia Ren PhD	Indiana University	Investigate the peripheral metabolic function of Gpr17
Vaibhav Saini PhD	Boston Area	Absence of Vitamin D Signaling Increases Lipolysis and Fatty acid Synthesis, Leading to NAFLD
Erin Seifert PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Role of Acyl-CoA thioesterase-2 in systemic and muscle glucose homeostasis
Eric Sheu MD DPhil	Boston Area	The Role of Gastrointestinal Mucosal Immunity in Diabetes
Lalita Shevde-Samant PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Investigating the nexus of diabetes and Hedgehog signaling in triple-negative breast cancer
Stephanie Stanford PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Elucidating the Role of LMPTP in Adipogenesis
Rachel Tabak PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Objective physical activity in a worksite intervention to reduce obesity and diabetes
Mary Teruel PhD	Stanford University	Understanding the role of FABP4 in regulating adipogenesis and adipocyte function
Kimberly Trout PhD CNM APRN	University of Pennsylvania	Effects of increased dietary protein in women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)
Linus Tsai MD PhD	Boston Area	A Cellular and Molecular Atlas of the Arcuate Hypothalamus Using Dropseq
Rochelle P Walensky MD MPH	Boston Area	The Cost-effectiveness of Interventions to Promote Medication Adherence in Type 2 Diabetes
Robert Wessells PhD	University of Michigan	Cardiac lipolysis in Drosophila is controlled by the ABHD5 homolog bremse (CG1882)
Sheng Wu MSc PhD		Hepatic Androgen Receptor: a Key Contributor to Pathophysiology in Hyperandrogenemic Females
Guanlan Xu PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Role of miR-204 in regulating beta cell unfolded protein response and apoptosis in diabetes