Pilot and Feasibility Funded Investiagtors (2019-2024)
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2024 Funded Investigators |
Proposal Title |
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| Phillip A. Dumesic MD, PhD | Transcriptional regulation of metabolic flexibility by CREBRF |
| James Gardner MD, PhD | Defining novel roles for extrathymic Aire-expressing cells in metabolic programming |
| Jose Angel Nicolas Avila PhD | Dissecting the role of macrophages and heterophagy in tissue metabolic homeostasis |
| Gunes Parlakgul MD (UC Berkeley) |
Unraveling the role of subcellular architecture in adipocyte metabolic regulation |
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2023 Funded Investigators |
Proposal Title |
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| Teresa Chen MD | Contributions of Body Composition to Cystatin C versus Creatinine-based GFR estimation in South Asian Adults |
| Amanda E. Downey MD |
Changes in body composition during nutritional rehabilitation by 3-dimensional optical imaging |
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Joni Nikkanen PhD (UC Berkeley) |
Neuronal Regulation of Systemic Lipid Metabolism |
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2022 Funded Investigators |
Proposal Title |
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| Ana Paula Arruda PhD (UC Berkeley) | Regulation of adipocyte calcium dynamics in physiology and metabolic disease. |
| Mustafa G. Aydogan PhD |
Unravelling a mitochondrial oxidant signal that acts as a metabolic switch at the onset of morphogenesis |
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Ana Maria Mora-Wyrobrek MD, PhD (UC Berkeley) NORC-EaRTH Joint Funding |
Prenatal and Mid-childhood Exposure to Mixtures of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Cardiometabolic Health in Mexican-American Young Adults from the CHAMACOS Cohort |
| Marrie Heffern PhD (UC Davis) | Determining the Interplay C-peptide and Copper Deficiency in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| Diana Kuo PhD (UC Davis) | Investigating the systemic benefits of Gc inhibition |
| Rachel M. Radin PhD | Continuous Glucose Monitoring, Binge Eating, and Metabolic Profiling: A Feasibility Study |
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NORC-EaRTH Joint Funding |
Investigating the role of perfluorinated alkylated substances in diglyceride acyltransferase inhibition and lipid metabolic dysfunction |
| Neel Singhal MD, PhD | Uncovering the role of PATJ in energy homeostasis |
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2021 Funded Investigators |
Proposal Title |
|---|---|
| Isha Jain PhD | Metabolic Inspiration from Yest: SREBP1 as a Mammalian Oxygen Sensor |
| Cristin Kearns DDS | Sugar Industry Influence on B Vitamin Research and Policy: A Pilot Study |
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John Yoon PhD (UC Davis) |
Control of systemic energy balance via brown fat mitochondrial regulation |
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2020 Funded Investigators |
Proposal Title |
|---|---|
| Sagar Bapat MD PhD | Mechanistic Elucidation of Obesity-Associated Asthma |
| Maria Chondronikola PhD (UC Davis) | The Effect of Time-REstricted Eating in Cardiometabolic Health in People with Obesity and Prediabetes |
| Emily Goldberg PhD | Neutrophilic Control of Metaboism during Lipotoxicity |
| Candice Price PhD (UC Davis) | Exploring the associaiton between circulating microRNA and the development of insulin resistance in Black and White women of the National Growth and Health Study (NGHS) |
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2019 Funded Investigators |
Proposal Title |
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| James Bayrer MD, PhD | Nuclear hormone regulation of enteroendocrine cell development and metabolic homeostasis |
| Qili Liu, PhD | Homeostatic regulation of protein intake and its role in obesity |
| Martina Steurer-Mueller MD | The impact of type of nutrition on the metabolome of preterm infants |
| Martin Valdearcos Contreras PhD | Exploring the gut microbiota-microglia interaction in early-life metabolic programming of obesity |
P&F AWARDEES ARE REMINDED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UCSF NORC GRANT CONTRIBUTION IN THEIR PUBLICATION (P30DK098722)