regional Pilot and Feasibility Awards
2025 Pilot and Feasibility Awards
Based on our recent Regional RFA for Pilot and Feasibility applications, we received 5 project proposals. With the support of NIH P30 funding, the Stanford Diabetes Research Center (SDRC) proudly announces the following 5 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.
Alessandra Ferrari, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley “Exploring adipocytes membrane lipid scrambling in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes”
John Albeck, PhD | Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis Collaborator: Mark Huising, PhD “Integrated live-cell analysis of AMPK, ERK, and mTOR signaling in the islet microenvironment”
Denis Titov, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, Department of Nutritional Sciences & Toxicology, University of California, Berkeley “Quantitative understanding of allosteric control of liver gluconeogenesis”
William Ridgway, MD | Chief, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jack and Donald Chia Endowed Professor of Medicine, University of California, Davis Collaborator: Everett Meyer, MD “Reversal of T1D by targeting proinflammatory myeloid cell epigenetic programming using agonistic anti-TLR4 antibodies”
Sam King, PhD | Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Davis Collaborators: Korey Hood, PhD and Rayhan Lal, MD “Redefining human roles for people with diabetes utilizing automation and artificial intelligence for diabetes management”