P&F Studies

2015
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Elizabeth Tarling PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Regulation of glucose and lipid homeostasis by the ubiquitin ligase RNF130
Sherry L Voytik-Harbin PhD	Indiana University	Engineering an Islet Bioinstructive Microenvironment for Improved Survival, Function, Protection, and Delivery
Mark Yore PhD	Boston Area	Identification pathways of enzymes involved in biosynthesis of a novel class of anti-diabetic lipids
Run Yu PhD	UCSD-UCLA	Regulation of pancratic alpha cell mass by glucagon signaling
Mohamed Zayed MD PhD	Washington University in St Louis	N-Acetyl-Cysteine for healing of amputation stumps in the setting of diabetes

2014
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Shreeram Akilesh MD PhD	University of Washington	Regulatory Genomics of Reversal of Diabetic Nephropathy
Inna Astapova PhD	Boston Area	The Role of UCP1 in Glucose Homeostasis
Alexander S Banks PhD	Boston Area	Personalized Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: A Novel Pharmacogenetic Approach
Boris Calderon MD	Washington University in St Louis	Tracing the ontogeny and turnover rate of islet resident macrophages
Jae Hyung Chang MD	Boston Area	Role of proximal tubule injury in the pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy
Remi J Creusot PhD	Columbia University	Deciphering and Visualizing Epitope Spreading in Autoimmune Diabetes
Laura den Hartigh PhD	University of Washington	10, 12 CLA promotes insulin resistance by antagonizing PPARγ
Daorong Feng PhD	Albert Einstein College of Medicine	A Critical Role for SNAP23 in Adipocyte Cell Viability
Brian Finck PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Mitochondrial pyruvate transport and beta cell function