2025 - 2026 Pilot and Feasibility Awards

Vijay Bhoj, M.D., Ph.D., (Year 2) Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Project Title:“Leveraging B cell-Targeted CAR T cells for Induction of Beta Cell Tolerance in Type 1 Diabetes”

Theodore Drivas, M.D., Ph.D., (Year 2) Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Project Title:“Discovering novel roles for the primary cilium in insulin receptor signaling”

Qin Li, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Genetics
Project Title: “Targeting the MDA5-mediated inflammatory response to endogenous dsRNA as driver of type 1 diabetes”

Ravinder Reddy, Ph.D., Professor of Radiology
Project Title:“Metabolic Imaging of GLP-1 Receptor Effects on Muscle”

Eleonora Scorletti, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor
Project Title:“Investigating the Impact of GLP1R Gene Variants on Therapeutic Response to GLP1R Agonists in African American and European Populations: A Deep

Parker C. Wilson, M.D., Ph.D., (Year 2) Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Project Title: “Single-cell detection of somatic mosaicism in diabetic kidney disease”