P&F Awardees

2019

A liquid Biopsy Approach for Early Detection of Type 1 Diabetes

Hani Goodarzi, PhD

 

Expansion of Antigen-Specific Tregs Using DNA-Scaffolded Biomaterials

Qizhi Tang, PhD & Tejal Desai, PhD

 

Nutrient Sensing in Circadian Control

Louis Ptacek, MD

 

Macrophage Exosomes in Obesity & Diabetes Control

Robert Raffai, PhD

 

2018

A population pharmacokinetic model for metformin in pediatric type 2 diabetes

Shylaja Srinivasan, MD

 

Determining the Influence of the Peripheral Nervous System on Pancreatic Organogenesis

Sarah Knox, PhD

 

Identifying molecular biomarkers for evaluation of neuropathy in diabetes

Faranak Fattahi, PhD

 

Determining the role of beige adipocyte precursor cells in human insulin resistance

Diane Alba, MD

 

2017

Analysis of Foxp3 IPEX mutations in Type 1 diabetes: how to decipher the regulatory code

Frederic Van Gool, PhD

 

Characterization of autoantigen presentation by beta cells in human Type 1 Diabetes

Audrey Parent, PhD

 

Quantifying islet structure in the mouse and human pancreas

Zev Jordon Gartner, PhD

 

Dissecting the role of insulin in the regulation of central feeding circuits

Lisa Beutler, MD, PhD

 

2016

Ameliorating insulin resistance by drug targeting of the unfolded protein response

Feroz Papa, MD, PhD

 

Harnessing CRISPR interference to identify regulators of insulin secretion in intact islets

Greg Ku, MD, PhD

 

Quantitative Assessment of Cortical Bone Porosity in Type 2 Diabetes using MRI

Galateia Kazakia, PhD & Roland Krug, PhD

 

Role of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 2 (CRF2R) in glucose homeostasis and diabetes

Aditi Bhargava, PhD

 

2015

Diabetic Hyperglycemia & Altered Immunity in Atherosclerosis Regression

Robert Raffai, PhD

 

Embryonic Manipulation and Diabetes Risk

Paolo Rinaudo, MD, PhD

 

Engineering the Functional Beta Cell Niche

Julie Sneddon, PhD

 

Establish a platform technology for the identification of islet-antigen-specific T cells in autoimmune diabetes mice

Qizhi Tang, PhD