P&F Studies

2016
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Diana Naranjo MD	Stanford University	Optimizing uptake and use of closed loop automated insulin delivery systems through virtual reality
David Natale PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Glucocorticoid Disruption of Placental Junctional Zone Endocrine Function and the Downstream Prenatal Programming of Metabolic Syndrome
Lale Ozcan MD	Columbia University	Hepatic Dach1 regulates lipid metabolism
Feroz Papa MD PhD		Ameliorating Insulin Resistance by Pharmacological Targeting of the Unfolded Protein Response
Neal Paragas PhD	University of Washington	The Kidney Nephron Expresses Factors that Predict Progression of Diabetic Nephropathy
Dane Parker PhD	Columbia University	The diabetic environment perpetuates Staphylococcus aureus infection
Liming Pei PhD	University of Pennsylvania	CNS ERRγ in regulating energy balance in obesity and diabetes
Li Qiang PhD	Columbia University	PPARγ Accumulation and Metabolic Decline in Aging
Rithwick Rajagopal MD PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Fenofibrate mitigates diabetic retinopathy through peroxisome proliferator-activator receptor-alpha
Shannon M Reilly PhD	UCSD-UCLA	An Il-6/Stat3 Autocrine Axis in Adipose Tissue
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