2019 - 2020 Pilot and Feasibility Awards

Amanda Ackermann, M.D., Ph.D. (Year 2). Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Project Title: "Identifying Targets to Enhance Beta Cell Response in Diabetes using Single-Cell Functional Genomics”

Diana Stanescu, M.D. Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Project Title: “The role of SLC38A5 in pancreatic α cell development”

Christoph Thaiss, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Microbiology
Project Title: "Microbiome-clock interactions in metabolic disease"

Paul Titchenell, Ph.D.,(Year 2). Assistant Professor of Physiology
Project Title: "Regulation of Systemetic Metabolism by Muscle Akt Signaling"

Jessica Wilson,M.D., M.S.. Instructor of Medicine
Project Title: “Metabolic Phenotype and Type 2 Diabetes Polygenic Risk Score“