P&F Studies

2021
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Michaela Kiernan PhD	Stanford University	It’s Not Just What You Learn, But How You Learn: An Innovative Educational Format to Extend the Reach of Behavioral Weight Management Programs Among Less Educated Adults
Rayhan Lal MD	Stanford University	Optimizing Adult Endocrinology Receivership from Pediatric Endocrinology Through Guided Transfer
Matthew Lynes PhD	Joslin Diabetes Center	Genetic determinants of 12, 13-diHOME biosynthesis in human obesity
Brittany Matheson PhD	Stanford University	Pilot study investigating the relationship between neurocognitive functioning and insulin sensitivity in youth with severe obesity undergoing laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy
David Merrick MD PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Contribution of novel adipocyte progenitor cell populations to metabolic disease
Laurel Messer PhD RN	University of Colorado Denver	Development of a "Cognitive Awareness Artificial Pancreas Enhancement" (CAPE) to Help Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Optimize their use of Artificial Pancreas Systems
Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin PhD	North Carolina	Meals for Moms: A Postpartum Medically-Tailored Meal Program to Promote Weight Loss and Blood Glucose Control Among Women with Hyperglycemia in Pregnancy
Nirmala Nirinjini Naidoo PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Altered Glucose handling by tanycytes as a contributing factor in Alzheimer's disease
Jingjing Niu MD	University of Washington	Peri-Islet Glia Identity and Relation to β-Cell Function in Obesity
Jane O’Halloran MD PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Impact of Integrase Inhibitors on Pancreatic Function in People with HIV
Gabrielle Page-Wilson MD	Columbia University	Elucidating the Central Determinant of Gestational Diabetes
Alan C Pao MD	Stanford University	Metabolic Response to Plant-Based Meat Alternatives: a Prevention Strategy for Diseases associated with Obesity and Excess Consumption of Animal-Meat
Mary Katherine Ray PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Impact of Glucose Variability on Dynamic Cognitive Function in High-Risk Youth with Type 1 Diabetes
Marianna Sadagurski PhD	University of Michigan	Volatile organic compounds exposure and predisposition to metabolic disease