P&F Studies

2016
Pilot Awardee		Center	Pilot Study
Qinglin Yang PhD		University of Alabama at Birmingham	Define a novel approach preserving pancreatic beta-cells in diabetes
Xiangmin Zhang MD PhD		University of Michigan	Recombinant attenuated bacteria as drug to initiate insulin synthesis in vivo

2015
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Shreeram Akilesh MD PhD	University of Washington	Regulatory Genomics of Reversal of Diabetic Nephropathy
Cristina Aguayo-Mazzucato MD PhD	Boston Area	β-cell aging markers and functional decline in type 2 Diabetes
Ziad Ali MD DPhil	Columbia University	Redox regulation of diabetic vascular remodeling by s-glutathiolation
Gregory Anderson PhD	Indiana University	Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Infection in Chronic Diabetic Wounds
Zoltan Arany MD PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Understanding Vascular Metabolism
Yair Argon PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Modulation of the ER Stress Response of Pancreatic Beta Cells
David M Aronoff MD	Vanderbilt University	Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) impacts up to 1 in 10 pregnancies in the US and significantly increases the risk of complications
Kevin Atkins MD PhD	University of Michigan	The Role of GLUT4 on the Development of Vasculopathy in Diabetes
Shannon Bailey PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Systems Genetics Approach in Understanding NAFLD
Anne Beigneux PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Molecular mechanisms underlying LPL physiology
Kyle Burghardt PharmD	University of Michigan	Insulin resistance induced by antipsychotic medication in the absence of weight gain: impact of skeletal muscle epigenetic and protein mechanisms
Sean Burns MD	Boston Area	Identifying diabetes genes regulating beta cell function using a pooled insulin secretion assay