2023 - 2024 Pilot and Feasibility Awards

Juan Alvarez, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Project Title:“Linking functional maturity to the human islet inflammatory response via integrated bioelectronics & spatial transcriptomic”

Joseph Baur, Ph.D., (Year 2) - Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Project Title:“Integration of glucose telemetry with indirect calorimetry”

Michael Betts, Ph.D. (Year 2) - Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Project Title: “Islet-specific memory T cell responses upon autologous islet exposure”

Vijay Bjoh, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Project Title:“Evaluation of B-cell Targeted CAR T Cells to Induce Durable Beta Islet Cell Tolerance in Type-1 Diabetes“

Kate Creasy-Townsend, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Project Title:“Evaluating a ketogenic diet for the treatment of genetic disorders of glycogen metabolism”

David Hill, M.D., Ph.D. (Year 2) - Assistant Professor, Children's of Pennsylvania
Project Title: "Contribution of novel adipocyte progenitor cell populations to metabolic disease"