Diabetes & Obesity Research Priority Area

Grants and Contracts

Grants and Contracts per year 1996 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2025

• 47 Active
• 389 Finished

Grants and Contracts per year

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• Role for RitGTPAses Signaling in Forebrain Neurogenesis Following Traumatic Brain Injury

  Andres, D. & Saatman, K.

  KY Spinal Cord and Head Injury Research Trust

  1/15/13 → 1/15/17

  Project: Research project

  • Neurogenesis 100%
  • Neuron 88%
  • Brain Injury 33%
  • In Vitro 33%
  • Nerve Cell Differentiation 22%

• 12-GI-89-GI (ML28442) AIM-C1(AVASTIN INDUCTION MAINTENANCE IN CRC): FOLFOXIRI/BEV VS. FOLFOX/BEV

  Mathew, A., Anthony, L., Myers, A., Goel, G., Hosein, P. & Jones, D.

  Genentech Inc

  11/25/13 → 2/28/17

  Project: Research project

• Telehealth Network Grant Program

  Sprang, R., Sprang, R. & Higgins, E.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  9/1/13 → 2/28/17

  Project: Research project

  • Patient 100%
  • Diabetes 84%
  • Health 46%
  • Primary Health Care 46%
  • Screening 38%

• The Role of Fatty Acid Synthase in Regulation of Cancer Cells Survival and Metastasis in Colorectal Cancer

  Zaytseva, Y., Fan, W., Goel, G., Lee, E., Morris, A. & Weiss, H.

  National Cancer Institute

  8/1/16 → 2/28/17

  Project: Research project

  • Fatty Acid Synthase 100%
  • Metastasis 80%
  • Colorectal Cancer 73%
  • Malignant Neoplasm 46%
  • Cancer Cell 40%

• Communities Preventing Childhood Obesity Coaching

  Kahl, D.

  Kansas State University

  7/1/14 → 3/14/17

  Project: Research project

  • Coaching 100%
  • Childhood Obesity 100%
  • Intention 100%
  • Intents 100%
  • Design 100%

• Interventions in Nutrition Education and Skills

  Hardin, F., El-Mallakh, P., Kurzynske, J. & Witt, C.

  4/18/14 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Food Product 100%
  • Cardiovascular Disease 62%
  • Healthy Eating 50%
  • Athletic Training 37%
  • Skill 25%

• Ryan White Part C: Outpatient Early Intervention Services to HIV Positive Persons 2015-2017

  Thornton, A., Forster, D., Karki Maskey, M., Leedy, N., Murphy, B., Myint, T., Romanelli, F., Schaninger, T., Cary, L., Hoellein, A., Huaman Joo, M., Mullen, N. & Relyea Ashley, H.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  9/30/01 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Patient 100%
  • Hospital 64%
  • Person 30%
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus 20%
  • Outpatient 10%

• Nutrition and Superfund Chemical Toxicity

  Hennig, B., Balk, J., Bhattacharyya, D., Brewer, D., Cassis, L., Dziubla, T., Gaetke, L., Hilt, J., Hoover, A., Morris, A., Ormsbee, L., Pearson, K., Pennell, K., Stromberg, A. & Swanson, H.

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  4/7/97 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Polychlorinated Biphenyl 100%
  • Polychlorobiphenyl 50%
  • Chemical Toxicity 33%
  • Nutrient 33%
  • Toxicity 25%

• NMDA modulation of diabetes-induced glutamate synaptic plasticity

  Smith, B.

  4/10/14 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Diabetes 100%
  • Glucose 38%
  • Neuron 38%
  • NMDA Receptor 30%
  • Glutamic Acid 23%

• Role of RFT1 in Dolichol-linked Oligosaccharide Assembly in Human Fibroblasts

  Rush, J.

  4/1/15 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Dolichol 100%
  • Oligosaccharide 95%
  • Synthesis 33%
  • Mannose 23%
  • Glycosylation 19%

• Appalachians Together Restoring the Eating Environment (APPAL-TREE)

  Swanson, M., Bush, H., Gustafson, A., Mullins, J., Schoenberg, N., Davis, A. & Fardo, D.

  National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

  5/1/13 → 4/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Communities 100%
  • Health 45%
  • Resident 36%
  • Research 36%
  • Obesity 36%

• Telmisartan Plus Exercise to Improve Functioning in PAD: The TELEX Trial

  Peterson, C.

  8/17/15 → 4/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Biological Product 100%
  • Inpatient 66%
  • Fiber 33%
  • Telmisartan 33%
  • Tenidap 33%

• Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program-2016

  Northrip, K. & Jensen, J.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  3/1/12 → 4/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Child 100%
  • Health 36%
  • Advocacy 36%
  • Child Health 27%
  • Program 18%

• Effect of yeast cell wall (ActigenTM) supplementation on metabolic, inflammatory, and microbiota changes in EMS vs control horses

  Adams, A.

  Alltech Incorporated

  5/1/16 → 5/1/17

  Project: Research project

• The Role of Adipose Tissue in Age-dependent Sensitivity to Critical Illiness

  Saito, H., Evers, B. M., Starr, M. & Stromberg, A.

  National Institute on Aging

  8/1/11 → 5/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Adipose Tissue 100%
  • Critical Illness 87%
  • Age 62%
  • Aging 50%
  • Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome 50%

• Effect of Alltech Algae derived FA supplementation on inflammation and metaoblic parameters of the EMS horse.

  Adams, A.

  Alltech Incorporated

  5/1/14 → 5/31/17

  Project: Research project

• Targeting Prostate Tumor Microenvironment by a Novel Quinazoline

  Kyprianou, N. & Cao, Z.

  7/1/15 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Prostate Cancer 100%
  • Synapsin II 50%
  • Quinazoline 50%
  • Protein Binding 50%
  • Cancer Cell 50%

• Neuroimaging Assessments of Brain Integrity in Aging Mice

  Lin, A. L., Cassis, L., Gold, B., Sullivan, P. & Van Eldik, L.

  National Institute on Aging

  7/1/14 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Brain 100%
  • Aging 69%
  • Caloric Restriction 55%
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging 50%
  • Neuroimaging 40%

• FY17 UK Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program

  Berrones, A. & Riddell, M.

  KY Department for Public Health

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Heart Disease 100%
  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Diabetes 50%
  • Asthma 50%
  • Risk Factor Surveillance 50%

• DPP IN HISPANIC AND NON-HISPANIC WOMEN WITH A HISTORY OF GDM

  Ashford, K. & Hieronymus, L.

  KY Department for Public Health

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Woman 100%
  • Diabetes Mellitus 62%
  • Hispanic 50%
  • Diabetes Prevention 37%
  • Impaired Glucose Tolerance 25%

• PostDoctoral Fellowship for Reynolds: Perinatal tobacco exposure and mechanisms of offspring obesity and insulin resistance

  Pearson, K. & Reynolds, L.

  American Heart Association Great Rivers Affiliate

  7/1/15 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Smoke 100%
  • Child 75%
  • Obesity 62%
  • Tobacco Smoke 50%
  • Nicotine 37%

• Therapeutic Effects of Intranasally-Administered insulin (INI) in Adults with Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI) or Mild Alzheimers Disease (AD)

  Jicha, G. & Murphy, R.

  University of Southern California

  8/21/15 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Mild Cognitive Impairment 100%
  • Insulin 100%
  • Alzheimer Disease 100%
  • Biological Marker 50%
  • Therapy Effect 50%

• Amylin Vasculopathy, a Therapeutic Target to Reduce Stroke

  Despa, F. & Hersh, L.

  American Heart Association Great Rivers Affiliate

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Amylin 100%
  • Vascular Amyloidosis 30%
  • Diabetes 15%
  • Brain Blood Vessel 15%
  • Apoplexy 10%

• FY17-18 UK PRC Obesity and Tobacco Evaluation

  Dignan, M.

  KY Department for Public Health

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Evaluation Study 100%
  • Obesity 60%
  • Prevention 60%
  • Heart Disease 20%

• Neurosteroid Modulation of Tonic GABAA Receptor Plasticity and its Implication in Diabetes

  Boychuk, C., Fowlkes, J. & Wilson, M.

  American Heart Association

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Diabetes 100%
  • Brain 66%
  • Glucose Blood Level 66%
  • GABAA Receptor 16%
  • Neurosteroid 16%

• KSEF RDE: Glucan Kinases: a Key to Designer Starches and Plant Energy Storage

  Gentry, M. & Vander Kooi, C.

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Starch 100%
  • Kinase 22%
  • Phosphatase 14%
  • Glucose 14%
  • Amylase 11%

• Novel MRI Techniques for Imaging Cardiac Fibrosis to Improve Clinical Practice in Patients with Renal Failure

  Daugherty, A. & Leung, S.

  University of California Berkeley

  5/1/17 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Patient 100%
  • Imaging 91%
  • End Stage Renal Disease 50%
  • Follow up 33%
  • Examination 33%

• Facilitator Cancer Leadership FY17 and FY18

  Knight, J. & Knight, J.

  KY Department for Public Health

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Heart Disease 100%
  • Obesity 100%
  • Health Promotion 100%
  • Public Health 100%
  • Health 100%

• Albumin AFP Gene Family Regulation in Fetal and Adult Liver

  Spear, B. & Peterson, M.

  National Institute Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney

  4/1/06 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Hepatocyte 100%
  • Liver 87%
  • Gene Expression 62%
  • Adult 50%
  • Alpha-Fetoprotein 50%

• Preclinical evaluation of IGF1 therapy for traumatic brain injury

  Saatman, K., Chen, L. & Kizhakke Madathil, S.

  National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke

  7/15/11 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Traumatic Brain Injury 100%
  • Neurogenesis 50%
  • Growth Factor 50%
  • Insulin 50%
  • Angiogenesis 50%

• NRSA Fellowship for Brewer: Defining the Role of Laforin in Glycogen Metabolism and Lafora Disease

  Gentry, M., Brewer, M. & Vander Kooi, C.

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Glycogen 100%
  • Carbohydrate 60%
  • Mutation 60%
  • Dimerization 40%
  • Binding Domain 40%

• 2016 Princess Chulabhorn International Science Congress

  Hennig, B.

  7/1/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Conferences 100%
  • Nutrition 66%
  • Human Nutrition 66%
  • Asians 50%
  • Southeast Asians 50%

• Sphingolipids and Diabetes

  Ozcan, S.

  American Heart Association Great Rivers Affiliate

  7/1/14 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Sphingosine 1 Phosphate 100%
  • Sphingosine-1-Phosphate 100%
  • Glucose 90%
  • Sphingosine Kinase 72%
  • Insulin Release 54%

• DIVINE - Dietary Management of Glucose Variability in the ICU

  Bernard, A., Gopinath, A. & Procter, L.

  Nestle HealthCare Nutrition Incorporated

  1/13/15 → 7/12/17

  Project: Research project

• Lead Exposure in a Novel Mouse Model of Neurologic Disease

  Murphy, M.

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  8/1/14 → 7/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Cognitive Disorders 100%
  • Cerebrovascular Disease 100%
  • Nervous System Disorder 66%
  • Stroke 66%
  • Comorbidity 33%

• COBRE: Center of Research in Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease COBRE Core A: Administrative

  Cassis, L., Abdel-Latif, A., Charnigo, R., Daugherty, A., Gong, M., Graf, G., Johnson, L., Katz, W., Kern, P., Morris, A., Pearson, K., Pendergast, J., Powell, D., Randall, D., Smyth, S., Subramanian, V., Tannock, L., Temel, R., Thompson, K., Van Der Westhuyzen, D., Wang, S., Webb, N., Yiannikouris, F., Zhou, C. & Vandsburger, M.

  National Institute of General Medical Sciences

  9/8/08 → 7/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Obesity 100%
  • Cardiovascular Disease 81%
  • Investigator 45%
  • Research Excellence 36%
  • Publication 27%

• Vermont Center on Behavior, Incentives, and Health

  Rush, C., Beighle, A., Erwin, H., Fernander, A. & Studts, C.

  University of Vermont

  9/15/13 → 7/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Doctor of Philosophy 100%
  • Behavior 62%
  • Health 37%
  • Exercise 37%
  • Research 37%

• NRSA T32: Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences: Multidisciplinary Approaches for Metabolic Disease

  Webb, N. & Cassis, L.

  National Institute Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney

  8/15/00 → 7/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Training 100%
  • Water-Electrolyte Imbalance 85%
  • Athletic Training 85%
  • Cardiovascular Disease 42%
  • Malignant Neoplasm 42%

• University of Kentucky National Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Coordination Center of Excellence

  Vail, A., Brewer, D., Kurzynske, J. & Mullins, J.

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  9/1/14 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Coordination 100%
  • Family 83%
  • Nutrition Education 83%
  • Exercise 50%
  • Consumer 50%

• Ceramide and acute phase protein elevation during aging

  Nikolova-Karakashian, M.

  National Institute on Aging

  8/1/11 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Aging 100%
  • Insulin 60%
  • Ceramide 60%
  • Acute Phase Protein 60%
  • IGFBP1 60%

• Living Up to Her Potential: Increasing Dairy Cow Productivity and Welfare Using an Improved Understanding of Sleep

  Bewley, J., Donohue, K. & O'Hara, B.

  Ohio State University

  9/1/15 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Research 100%
  • Animals 74%
  • Dairies 50%
  • Dairy Cows 50%
  • Environment 25%

• Resource Center for Stable Isotope-Resolved Metabolomics

  Higashi, R., Fan, W., Lane, A. & Moseley, H.

  National Institute Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney

  9/11/13 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Metabolomics 100%
  • Motivation 36%
  • Sample 36%
  • Processing 27%
  • Stable Isotope 18%

• Preventing hyperphagia in Prader Willi syndrome using an oligonucleotide

  Stamm, S.

  National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop

  9/23/14 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Overeating 100%
  • Oligonucleotide 66%
  • Prader Willi Syndrome 66%
  • Eicosanoid Receptor 66%
  • Arcuate Nucleus 33%

• Inflammation and Renin-Angiotensin System Dysfunction as Risk Factors for AD

  Norris, C.

  Emory University

  9/1/16 → 8/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Angiotensin 100%
  • Hypertension 66%
  • Renin 66%
  • Blood Brain Barrier 66%
  • Fat 66%

• EMPOWR: Efforts to maximize perinatal outcomes in women at risk

  Ashford, K. & Williams, C.

  Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

  2/15/13 → 9/27/17

  Project: Research project

  • Woman 100%
  • Exercise 41%
  • Arm 25%
  • Incidence 16%
  • Obesity 16%

• Collaborative Environment Approaches to Reduce Obesity Disparities in Kentucky

  Vail, A., Bastin, S., Brewer, D., Cardarelli, K., Carman, A., Davis, A., Gustafson, A., Kurzynske, J., McGladrey, M., Mullins, J., Stephenson, T. & Webber, K.

  Center for Disease Control and Prevention

  9/30/14 → 9/29/17

  Project: Research project

  • Humans 100%
  • Healthy Behavior 100%
  • Physical Activity 100%
  • Time 100%
  • Family 100%

• Specialty Crop: Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud Recipe Development and Evaluation for Consumers and Producers Using Healthy Specialty Cooking Techniques with an Emphasis on Grilling

  Stephenson, T. & Vail, A.

  KY Department of Agriculture

  2/2/15 → 9/29/17

  Project: Research project

  • Specialty Crops 100%
  • Recipes 75%
  • Adults 25%
  • Lifestyle 25%
  • Children 25%

• A Phase 3, Randomized, Open-Label, Assessor-Blind, Non-Inferiority, Active-Comparator Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Liprotamase in Subjects with Cystic Fibrosis-Related Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency

  Danov, Z.

  Rho Incorporated

  10/28/15 → 9/30/17

  Project: Research project

• Neurosteroid Modulation of Tonic GABAA Receptor Plasticity and its Implication in Diabetes

  Boychuk, C., Fowlkes, J. & Wilson, M.

  American Heart Association

  7/1/16 → 9/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Diabetes 100%
  • Brain 66%
  • Glucose Blood Level 66%
  • GABAA Receptor 16%
  • Neurosteroid 16%

• UK SNAP Ed Program 2017

  Vail, A., Davis, A., Kahl, D., Koo, J. & Namkoong, K.

  KY Department of Community Based Services

  10/1/16 → 9/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 100%
  • Foods 100%
  • Family 100%
  • Human Nutrition 66%
  • Behavior 50%