SDRC Pilot and Feasibility Awards
2021 Pilot and Feasibility Awards
Based on our recent Pilot and Feasibility request for applications, we received 20 project proposals. With the support of MCHRI to complement the NIH P30 funding, the Stanford Diabetes Research Center (SDRC) proudly announces the following 8 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.
Pascal Geldsetzer MD PhD | Assistant Professor, Medicine
Collaborator: Latha Palaniappan, MD and Tina Hernandez-Boussard, MPH PhD
“The effect of metformin on health outcomes in routine care and across highly granular patient subgroups: a regression discontinuity analysis”
Anna Gloyn, DPhil | Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Polly Fordyce, PhD | Assistant Professor, Department of Genetics and Bioengineering
Collaborator: Daniel Herschlag, PhD
“Deep Mutational Scanning of Monogenic Diabetes Genes to Facilitate Precision Medicine for Diabetes”
Michaela Kiernan, PhD | Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Prevention Research Center
Collaborator: Joshua Knowles, MD PhD
“It’s Not Just What You Learn, But How You Learn: An Innovative Educational Format to Extend the Reach of Behavioral Weight Management Programs Among Less Educated Adults”
Rayhan Lal, MD | Assistant Professor, Medicine
Collaborators: Michael Hughes, MD and Sejal Shah, MD
“Optimizing Adult Endocrinology Receivership from Pediatric Endocrinology Through Guided Transfer”
Brittany Matheson, PhD | Clinical Instructor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Collaborator: James Lock, MD PhD; Janey Pratt, MD and Matias Bruzoni, MD
“Pilot study investigating the relationship between neurocognitive functioning and insulin sensitivity in youth with severe obesity undergoing laparoscopic vertical sleeve gastrectomy”
Alan C Pao, MD | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Nephrology)
Collaborators: Christopher Gardner, PhD
“Metabolic Response to Plant-Based Meat Alternatives: a Prevention Strategy for Diseases associated with Obesity and Excess Consumption of Animal-Meat”
Sejal Shah, MD PhD | Clinical Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Collaborators: David Maahs, MD PhD and Korey Hood, PhD
“Use of Continuous Glucose Monitors in Publicly-Insured Youth with Type 2 Diabetes – A Pilot and Feasibility Study”
Eric Stice, PhD | Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Collaborators: Korey Hood, PhD
“Evaluating an Eating Disorder Prevention Program for Young Women with Type 1 Diabetes”
The 2021 Pilot and Feasibility Program has been generously co-sponsored by the Maternal and Child Health Research Institute