P&F Studies

2014
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Kirk M Habegger PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	The Gucagon-FGF21 signaling axis mediates the beneficial effects of exercise on high-fat diet-induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Heidi E Hamm PhD	Vanderbilt University	Role of a2A adrenergic receptors and Gbg-SNARE interaction in impaired insulin secretion in T2D
Simon Haroutounian PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Predicting individual response to analgesic treatment in painful diabetic neuropathy and improving nonverbal assessment of pain relief
Craig Harris PhD	University of Michigan	Fetal programming of oxidative stress and insulin resistance
Cynthia Hong PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Adipose Cholesteron Metabolism and Type 2 Diabetes
Haiqing Hua PhD	Columbia University	Stem Cell-Based Model for HNF1A Deficiency in Human Pancreatic Beta Cells
Simon Hui PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Regulation of Insulin Sensitivity by Acad11
George N Ioannou BMBch MS	University of Washington	The Role of Cholesterol Crystals and Crown-Like Structures in NASH
Djamel Lebeche PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Targeting Diabetes with small molecule activators of SERCA
Mitchell Lewis DPhil	University of Pennsylvania	An inducible transgene regulatory system for gene-based therapies of diabetic retinopathy
Pei-Jung Lin PhD	Boston Area	Estimating costs of multiple chronic conditions among adults with diabetes.
Karthikeyan Lingasubramanian PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Development of Automated Processing Techniques for Time-Series Data Derived via Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM): Working Toward the Identification of Patterns in Free-Living Glucose Profile That May Predict Future Glucose Intolerance
Frances Lund PhD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Controlling oxidative stress in beta-cells by modulating NAD metabolism
Franz M Matschinsky MD	University of Pennsylvania	Nutritional Signals Mediating Pubertal Development and Fertility - The Role of Gonadotroph Glucokinase