Pilot and Feasibility Awards
Current Awards for 2012 - 2013
- Matthew R. Hayes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Project Title: "Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Signaling in the Venetral Tegmental Area and Nucleus Accumbens in Control of Food Intake"
- Edward B. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Project Title: "Genomic and Regional Targets of Leptin Receptor Signaling" - Changhong Li, M.D., Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Pediatrics / Endocrinology
Project Title: "The Role of Glycine and its Receptor in Regulation of Islets Function and Glucose Homeostasis"
- David J. Steger, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Project Title: "Genome-wide Approaches for Determining Transcriptional Pathways Driving Adipocyte Differentiation"
- Marion Vetter, M.D., R.D., Instructor of Medicine
Project Title: "A Mechanistic Study of the Role of Endogenous Glucagon-like Peptide-1(GLP-1) in Improved Postmeal Glucose Tolerance Following Two Types of Bariatric Surgery versus Diet" YEAR 2
- Kathryn E. Wellen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Cancer Biology
Project Title: "Role of ATP-Citrate Lyse in Glucose-Regulated Gene Expression"
- Kyoung-Jae Won, Ph.D., Research Assistant Professor of Genetics
Project Title: "Comparative Epigenomic Analysis in Brown and White Adipocyte Tissues"
