Research Grant Recipients

Reminder – Cycle 2, Fall 2010 Research Grant Applications

Grant Award Recipients for the 2010 Spring Cycle

Fellows Development Research Grant Program in Diabetes, Obesity, and Fat Cell Biology

This research grant is supported by an unconditional educational grant from Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and provides for clinical grants in the area of cardiometabolic disorders in obesity and diabetes.  Five grants have been awarded for the 2010 Spring Cycle in the amount of $20,000.00 each.

Emily Jane Gallagher, M.D. - Mount Sinai Medical Center
The Effects of Beta Cell Specific Growth Hormone Receptor Disruption on Beta Cell Mass and Function
Program Director: Robert Yanagisawa, M.D.

Hidekazu Hosono, M.D. - University of California, Los Angeles
A Family of Novel Mitochondrial-Derived Peptides and Their Role in Diabetes
Program Director: Kuk-Wha Lee, M.D., Ph.D

Vasiliki Moragianni, M.D. - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Leptin Treatment in Lean Women with PCOS
Program Director: Alan S. Penzias, M.D.

Gabrielle Page-Wilson, M.D. - Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Effects of Early Estradiol Replacement on Adipopse Tissue Inflammation and Metabolism in Postmenopausal Women
Program Director: John P. Bilezikian, M.D.

Amy Riek, M.D - Washington University School of Medicine
Vitamin D, Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Disease
Program Director: Janet McGill, M.D.

Marilyn Fishman Grant for Diabetes Research

This research grant, named in honor of EFF’s long-time executive director, is funded through an unconditional education grant from the partnership of Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca International and is limited to studies involving Type 2 diabetes.  Four grants have been awarded for the 2010 Spring Cycle in the amount of $15,000.00 each.

Pinar Gumus, M.D. - LSUHSC, Children's Hospital
Is Cortisol Metabolism Altered in Obese Children with Type 2 Diabetes?
Program Director: Stuart Chalew, M.D.

Ioannis Papagiannis, M.D. - Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Contribution of Hyperglycemia to Increased Beta Cell Proliferation in an Insulin Resistance Model
Program Director: James May, M.D.

Jennifer Rehm, M.D. - University of Wisconsin, Madison
Prevalence Hepatic Steatosis in Adolescents with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Program Director: David B. Allen, M.D.

Kanakadurga Singer, M.D. - University of Michigan
Neuropeptide Y as a Mediator of Obesity Induced Adipose Tissue Inflammation
Program Director: Delia Vazquez, M.D.

The EFF Endocrine Research Grant

This grant is for general endocrine topics, including, but not limited to, thyroid, bone, adrenal, pituitary, growth, and reproductive disorders.  Two grants have been awarded for the 2010 Spring Cycle in the amount of $7,500.00 each.

Joanna Klubo-Gwiezdzinska, M.D., Ph.D. - Washington Hospital Center
The Expression of Translocator Protein (TSPO) in Thyroid Cancer and its Role in Mitochondria-Mediated Apoptosis
Program Director: Kenneth Burman, M.D.

Tirissa Reid, M.D. - Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
Assessment of Endothelial Function in Patients with Acromegaly
Program Director: Pamela U. Freda, M.D.

Ksenia Tonyushkina, M.D. - Baystate Medical Center
Ontogeny and Maturation of Negative Feedback Regulation in the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis
Program Director: Holley Allen, M.D.

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