SDRC Pilot and Feasibility Awards
2023 Pilot and Feasibility Awards
Based on our recent Pilot and Feasibility request for applications, we received 23 project proposals. With the support of MCHRI to complement the NIH P30 funding, the Stanford Diabetes Research Center (SDRC) proudly announces the following 9 awardees.
SDRC is committed to providing support for the most innovative and unique research proposals related to diabetes in all disciplines. Our goal is to support, enhance and foster new ideas that will improve how we understand, diagnose, treat and care for diabetes and its complications. The P&F program is a DRC hallmark designed to meet this goal.
Thank you to all applicants for their submissions, and congratulations again to this year's awardees.
Danny Chou, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics (Endocrinology and Diabetes) “Engineering potent antagonistic insulin derivatives for treating hyperinsulinism”
Martha Cyert, PhD, Dr. Nancy Chang Professor, Biology “Elucidating novel mechanisms for pancreatitis through calcineurin signaling”
Rebecca Johnson, MD, Fellow, Pediatric Endocrinology; Co-PI: Ananta Addala, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology Collaborators: Christopher Gardener, PhD (Professor, Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center), Ann Ming Yeh, MD (Clinical Professor, Stanford Pediatric Gastroenterology), and Darrell Wilson, MD (Professor, Stanford Pediatric Endocrinology) “Nutrition as Medicine: The role of whole food plant-based diets in children with T2D, a pilot study”
Brittany Matheson, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences “Identifying risk factors that predict future onset of eating disorder symptoms in adolescents with T1D”
Everett Meyer, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine - Blood & Marrow Transplantation, Pediatrics - Stem Cell Transplantation “Depletion of autoreactive T cells and facilitation of CD39 T regulatory cells in new onset T1D via ortho-CD3 cellular therapy approach”
Allison Okamura, PhD, Richard W. Weiland Professor, Mechanical Engineering “Smartphone-based vibration perception test for sensory neuropathy”
Nitya Rajeshuni, MD, Clinical Instructor, Pediatrics - Critical Care “Rural Health (REAL) program”
William Robinson, MD, PhD, James W. Raitt Professor, Medicine - Immunology & Rheumatology “Investigating the role of EBV in type 1 diabetes”
Molly Tanenbaum, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Endocrinology, Gerontology, & Metabolism “Mindful T1D: A compassion-based pilot program to prevent device burnout in adults with T1D”
