P&F Studies

2021
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
I-Chen Yu PhD	Indiana University	Deciphering the molecular crosstalk of obesity-related cerebrovascular dysfunction in vascular cognitive impairment and dementia
Daniel Zeve MD, PhD	Joslin Diabetes Center	Use of human enteroids/organoids to induce K and L enteroendocrine cells that appropriately respond to nutrients in vitro and in vivo.
Li Zhang MD PhD	Indiana University	Suppression of antigen-specific monoclonal antibodies in humanized spontaneous Type 1 diabetes mice

2020
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
Amber Alhadeff PhD	University of Pennsylvania	Uncovering gut-hypothalamic pathways that mediate feeding behavior
Kimberly Alonge PhD	University of Washington	Effect of Type 2 Diabetes on the Expression and Composition of Perineuronal Nets in Hypothalamus
Ana Maria Arbelaez MD MSCI	Washington University in St Louis	Brain Vascular Health in T1D
Monika Bambouskova PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Single Cell Metabolic Characterization of the Tissue Resident Macrophages in Obesity
Monique Barakat MD	Stanford University	Morphological and Molecular/Cellular Profiling of Pancreatic Primary Cilia Across the Human Lifespan and in Pancreatitis
Kevin Bennett PhD	Washington University in St Louis	Noninvasive Imaging to Monitor Progression of Diabetic Kidney Disease
Petter Bjornstad MD	University of Colorado Denver	Spatial metabolomics for human kidney interrogation of early diabetic kidney disease
Yair Blumenfeld MD	Stanford University	Fasting versus Fed: Effect of oral intake prior to the glucose tolerance test in pregnancy
Paul Burghardt PhD	University of Michigan	The role of IL-18 and excitatory/inhibitory imbalances of top-down/bottom-up processes to food cues as a predictor of successful maintenance of weight loss
Carlos Campos PhD	University of Washington	Viscerosensory Control of Feeding Behavior
Danny Chou PhD	Stanford University	Next-generation Insulin Therapeutics Enabled by Computational Protein Design