P&F Studies

2020
Pilot Awardee	Center	Pilot Study
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
Sheila Collins PhD	Vanderbilt University	Modulating Gbg -SNARE interaction for adipose tissue metabolism and energy expenditure
Joshua Cook MD PhD	Columbia University	Regulation of human bile acid metabolism in reversible insulin resistance
Seema Dangwal PhD	Stanford University	Endothelial Dysfunction: Connecting T2DM and COVID19-associated Organ Injury
Danielle Dean PhD	Vanderbilt University	Glucagon Resistance in Obesity