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2011 Awardees

Investigator	Department	Faculty Rank	Project Title
Carson, April, PhD, MSPH	Epidemiology	Assistant Professor	Evaluating a Novel Method to Assess Cumulative Glycemic Burden Among African-American Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Chugh, Sumant Singh, MD	Medicine	Associate Professor	A Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) framework for explaining racial disparities in diabetes: Strategies for incorporating genomic variables
Duarte, Christine, PhD	Statistical Genetics	Assistant Professor	A Structural Equation Modeling(SEM) framework for explaining racial disparities in diabetes: Strategies for incorporating genomic variables
Kennedy, Richard, MD, PhD	Statistical Genetics	Postdoctoral Trainee	Diabetes, Pre-Diabetes and Incident Cognitive Impairment in the REGARDS Cohort
Moellering, Douglas, PhD	Nutrition Sciences	Instructor	Calmodulin-binding transcription factors affecting mitochondrial uncoupling and energy metabolism
Ramanadham, Sasanka, PhD	Physiology and Biophysics	Associate Professor	Is diabetes-associated low bone mass caused by a disruption in signaling between pancreatic insulin secretion and osteoblasts
Wellons, Melissa, MD	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Assistant Professor	In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), Glucose Dynamics, and Reproductive Outcomes

2010 Awardees

Investigator	Department	Faculty Rank	Project Title
Campbell, Ruth, MD	Department of Nephrology	Assistant Professor	Effect of obstuctive sleep apnea on diabetic nephropathy
Fernandez, Jose, PhD	Department of Nutrition Sciences	Associate Professor	Development and evaluation of a novel and innovative virtual environment tool to assess food preferences
Frazier, Marcela, OD	Department of Optometry	Assistant Professor	Proposal to test the effectiveness of a serial radio drama for increasing Hispanic adults
Kim, Jeonga, PhD	Department of Endocrinology	Assistant Professor	Role of th TLRs in Mitochondrial Function
Mancuso, Melissa, MD	Department of Medicine		Maternal Obesity, gestinational glucose concentrations, and offspring adiposity
Messina, Joseph, PhD/Ballinger, Scott, PhD	Department of Pathology	Professor/Associate Professor	The Role of Mitochondrial Genetic Background in the Development of Insulin Resistance
Nagy, Timothy R., PhD	Department of Nutrition Sciences	Professor	In vivo determination of brown adipose tissue and adipocyte cell size using MRI
Randolph, David, MD	Department of Pediatrics	Assistant Professor	Proposal to study mechanisms of immunologic tolerance using mouse models of Type I diabetes
Tse, Hubert, PhD	Department of Microbiology	Assistant Professor	The Role of Reactive Oxygen Species and Th17 T Cells in Type 1 Diabetes
Warriner, Amy, MD	Department of Medicine	Assistant Professor	Changes in Bone Turnover with Increased Incretin Hormone Exposure
Wright, Mary Annette, PhD	Department of Family/ Child/ Health/ Caregiver	Assistant Professor	A randomized trial to study technologies that extend the reach and effectiveness of the EatRight Lifestyle Program

2009 Awardees

Investigator	Department	Faculty Rank	Project Title
Ashraf, Ambika, MD	Department of Pediatrics	Assistant Professor	Vitamin D, Vascular function and insulin sensitivity in adults
Casazza, Krista, PhD	Department of Nutrition Sciences	Postdoctoral Fellow	Tissue partitioning in early childhood: A developmental window to alter type 2 diabetes risk?
Fu, Yuchang, PhD	Department of Nutrition Sciences	Assistant Professor	Analyzing adiponectin receptor transgenic mice for metabolic syndrome
Garber, David, PhD	Department of Medicine	Professor	Effects of apolipoprotein-mimetic peptides on adipocyte/macrophage crosstalk Hypotheses
Geisinger, Maria, DDS, MS	Department of Dentistry	Assistant Professor	The effect of non-surgical treatment for periodontitis in Type 2 diabetics on the serum cytokine profile associated with cardiovascular risk
Hardy, Robert, PhD	Department of Pathology	Associate Professor	Bone marrow adipocytes: a new target for the prevention and/or treatment of type 2 diabetes
Jun, Ho-Wook, PhD	Department of Engineering	Assistant Professor	Biomimetic Nanomatrix to promote Islet transplantation
Malakauskas, Sandra, MD	Department of Medicine	Assistant Professor	Oxidative metabolism and insulin sensitivity in Collectrin-deficient mice
Murphy-Ullrich, Joanne, PhD	Department of Medicine	Professor	Thrombospondin 1 and Islet graft survival and matrix Production
Pisu, Maria, PhD	Department of Medicine	Assistant Professor	Economic burden and Cost-effectiveness of peer advisors for diabetes
Xing, Dongqi, MD	Department of Medicine	Assistant Professor	Role of O-GlcNAcylation in Diabetic-related vascular dysfunction

2008 Awardees

Investigator	Department	Faculty Rank	Project Title
Cherrington, Andrea, M.D., M.P.H.	Department of Medicine	Assistant Professor	New Leaf: Adapting a Weight Loss Intervention to Reduce Risk in Latina Immigrants
Datta, Geeta Ph.D.	Department of Medicine	Assistant Professor	Modulation of HDL Function and Metabolic Syndrome in HIV
Kearney, John F. Ph.D.	Department of Microbiology	Professor	N-acetyl-D-glucosamine Specific B cells and Type 1 Diabetes
Liu, Liang Ph.D.	Department of Biology	Assistant Professor	Epigenetic studies of the PGC-1 gene regulation
Zhang, Huang-Ge, M.D., Ph.D.	Department of Medicine	Associate Professor	Adipocyte exosomes-mediated obesity inflammation

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