Pilot/Feasibility Study Grant Program Awardees
2011
- Tae-Hwa Chun, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine-MEND, “Peri-adipocyte fibrosis and adipocyte dysfunction in diabetes”
- James Wrobel, DPM, Clinical Associate Professor, Internal Medicine-MEND, “Multi-material, layer, and density approach to shear and pressure reduction in the treatment and prevention of diabetes-related foot ulcer”
- Jeffrey B. Hodgin, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pathology, “Deep sequencing of the podocyte transcriptome in diabetic and hypertensive mice”
- David S. Olson, MD, PhD, Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics, Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, “Translational profiling of neurons involved in feeding”
- Deneen Wellik, PhD, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology, “The role of Hox6 genes in the pancreatic niche”
- Menq-Jer Lee, PhD, Associate Professor, Pathology, Wayne State University, “Role of lipolysis activated autocrine sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling in adipocyte function”
2010
- Roseanne Armitage, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, “Measurement of sleep physiology in obese and type 2 diabetic patients”
- Markus Bitzer, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, “The role of microRNA-21 in diabetic nephropathy”
- Christopher Krebs, PhD, Research Investigator, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Human Genetics, “Distinguishing the mouse RsI genes as genetic modifiers of hepatic insulin sensitivity”
- David Lombard, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Research Assistant Professor, Institute of Gerontology, “Novel mechanisms of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex regulation”
- Lei Yin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, “Circadian regulation of AMPK signaling and glucose metabolism by the transcription repressor E4BP4 “
2009
- Munmum Chattopadhyay, PhD, Research Investigator, Department of Neurology, “Role of neuroinflammation in painful neuropathy in Type 2 diabetes”
- Alla Karnovsky, PhD, Research Investigator, Center for Computational Medicine & Bioinformatics. “Development and Application of Bioinformatics Tools for Metabolomics and Diabetes”
- Joyce Lee, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology “The Pediatric Diabetes Consortium (PDC): Improving Care in Children with Type 1 Diabetes through Collaborative Research”
- Sung Kyun Park, ScD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, “Bisphenol-A, Epigenetics and Type-2 Diabetes”
- Scott Pletcher, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology and Geriatrics, “Identification of novel mechanisms of metabolic homeostasis in Drosophila”
- Bin Xu, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, “Novel function of the RNA activator SRA in adipogenesis”
2008
- Peter Dempsey, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Gastroenterology, "Role of ErbB4 receptor signaling in the Central Regulation of Energy Metabolism"
- Carey Lumeng, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, “Depot-specific differences in adipose tissue macrophages – Michigan Macrophages in Adipose Tissue”
- Sandeep Pandit, PhD, Professor, Internal Medicine-Cardiology, “Arrhythmogenesis in Type-1 Diabetes”
- Rodica Pop-Busui, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, “Stress Induced Hyperglycemia: A Predictor of Long-Term Glucose Abnormalities in Patients Undergoing Cardiovascular Surgery?”
- Bhumsoo Kim, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, Neurology, “Animal models of increased Alzheimer's disease progression with diabetic background”
2007
- Maria Dolors Sans Gili, PhD, Assistant Professor, Molecular and Integrative Physiology, “Insulin, Diabetes and the Regulation of Pancreatic Digestive Enzymes”
- Ming Liu, MD, PhD, Research Investigator, Internal Medicine, “Dominant negative effects of misfolded proinsulin in pancreatic beta cells”
- Ayyalusamy Ramamoorthy, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemistry, “Solid-State NMR Studies on Human Islet Amyloid Polypeptide and its Role in Beta-Cell Membrane Disruption”
- Allison Rosen, MD, MPH, ScD, Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Health Management and Policy Clinical Director, Center for Value-Based Insurance Design, “Trends in the Cost of Diabetes Care in the United States: 1996-2004”
2006
- Patrick J. Hu, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, “A novel endocrine pathway regulating insulin-like signaling in C. elegans”
- Jiandie Lin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology and Life Sciences Institute, “Genome-wide analysis of transcription factors in the regulation of mitochondrial biogenesis by PGC-1α”
- Julie C. Lumeng, M.D., Assistant Research Scientist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, “Factors impacting maternal beliefs and feeding practices in mothers of low-income African American Preschoolers”
- Heike Muenzberg, Ph.D., Research Investigator, Internal Medicine, “Leptin signaling in the DMH and its role in feeding circuits”
- Subramaniam Pennathur, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, “Molecular mechanisms of pancreatic β-cell failure in vivo”
