P&F Studies

2013
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Bart De Jonghe PhD	University of Pennsylvania	The Role of Hindbrain POMC Neurons in Energy Balance
Jerod S Denton PhD	Vanderbilt University	Development of small-molecule Kir4.2 modulators for treatment of type 2 diabetes
Daorong Feng PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	A Critical Role for SNAP23 in Adipocyte Cell Viability
Paula Goforth PhD	University of Michigan	Chronic regulation of lateral hypothalamic circuits by leptin
Elizabeth Grice PhD	University of Pennsylvania	The Effect of Diabetes on the Skin Microbiome
Jennifer W Hill PhD	University of Michigan	Inflammatory processes driving insulin resistance in polycystic ovary syndrome
George N Ioannou BMBch MS	University of Washington	The Role of Cholesterol Crystals and Crown-Like Structures in NASH
Gregoire Lauvau PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Role of Monocytes in Memory CD8+T and NK Cell-mediated Type 1 Diabetes
Djamel Lebeche PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	Targeting Diabetes with small molecule activators of SERCA
Philip Liu PhD	Boston Area	MRI of Pericyte Reduction to Quantitate Diabetic Retinopathy in vivo
Caroline B Marshall MD	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Glomerular Basement MembraneThickening in Diabetic Nephropathy
Dawn P Misra Ph.D MHS	University of Michigan	Epigenetic mediators of the obese intrauterine environment
Andrew Oberst PhD	University of Washington	Exploring the Role of Immunogenic Cell Death in the Initiation of Diabetes
Benjamin Ohlstein MD PhD	Columbia University	Enteroendocrine Specification in Drosophila and Vertebrates