P&F Studies

2015
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Streamson Chua MD PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	FGF signaling and metabolic control
Andrew Coggin PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Dietary Nitrate-A Novel Treatment for Patients With Diabetes and Heart Failure
Leslie J Crofford MD	Vanderbilt University	Patients with chronic inflammatory diseases have an increased prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS)
Maria De Luca PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	A role for Sdc4 in cellular senescence in adipose tissue
Laura den Hartigh PhD	University of Washington	10, 12 CLA promotes insulin resistance by antagonizing PPARγ
Hans Dooms PhD	Boston Area	Dysregulated cellular metabolism predisposes to Type 1 Diabetes
Renny Franceschi PhD	University of Michigan	Discoidin Receptor 2 and Adiponectin in Energy and Mineral Homeostasis; Relationship to Type 2 Diabetes
Brigid Gregg MD	University of Michigan	Understanding the Role of Metformin During Lactation in Programming of Offspring Weight and Glucose Homeostasis
Rebecca A Haeusler PhD	Columbia University	Differential Effects of Bile Acid Species in Intestine
Lorie Harper MD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	The Metabolic Profile of Gestational Diabetes and its Reproducibility
Jennifer Hill PhD	University of Michigan	Intergenerational obesity resulting from lactational impairment
Thomas Hnasko PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Role of brain triglycerides sensing in rewrd: Why does fat taste so good?
Chad Hunter PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Transcriptional Complex Activity During Metabolic Stress
Alexander Johnson PhD	University of Michigan	Modulation of predictive regulation via chemogenetic and optogenetic control of Melanin Concentrating Hormone