Diabetes & Obesity Research Priority Area

Grants and Contracts

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

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• 389 Finished

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• Fellowship for Sui: Xenobiotic receptor PXR links BPA exposure to atherosclerosis

  Zhou, C. & Sui, Y.

  1/1/14 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • 4,4' Isopropylidenediphenol 100%
  • Pregnane X Receptor 91%
  • Mouse 58%
  • Atherosclerosis 41%
  • Xenobiotic Agent 25%

• Fellowship for Wang: The role of ACE2 in mediating sex differences in the development of obesity-hypertension in mice

  Cassis, L. & Wang, Y.

  American Heart Association Great Rivers Affiliate

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Hypertension 100%
  • Obesity 84%
  • Angiotensin Converting Enzyme 2 73%
  • Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 73%
  • Mouse 63%

• First Preclinical Model of Hippocampal Sclerosis of Aging (an AD Mimic)

  Nelson, P., Fardo, D., Murphy, M. & Saatman, K.

  Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation

  11/15/14 → 3/1/16

  Project: Research project

  • Hippocampal Sclerosis 100%
  • Aging 91%
  • Multidrug Resistance Associated Protein 50%
  • Sulfonylurea 25%
  • Drug 25%

• Function and Stability of Expanded Regulatory T cells in Obese Renal Transplant Candidates

  Marti, F. & Gedaly, R.

  National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

  5/18/18 → 12/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Body Mass Index 100%
  • Body Mass 100%
  • Transplantation 100%
  • Patient 66%
  • Kidney Graft 66%

• FY 15-16 UK PRC Obesity Evaluation

  Dignan, M.

  KY Department for Public Health

  7/1/14 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

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

• 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%

• 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%

• FY18 UK Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Project

  Berrones, A. & Riddell, M.

  KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services

  7/1/16 → 6/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Heart Disease 100%
  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Diabetes 50%
  • Health 50%
  • Adoption 50%

• FY18 UK PRC Obesity and Tobacco Evaluation (1305 QUAD)

  Dignan, M.

  KY Department for Public Health

  7/1/16 → 6/30/18

  Project: Research project

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

• FY19 UK Heart Disease and Stroke Program

  Arnett, P., Merritt, A. & Riddell, M.

  KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services

  7/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Heart Disease 100%
  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Diabetes 100%
  • Prophylaxis 50%
  • Diseases 50%

• FY19 UK Heart Disease and Stroke Program

  Arnett, P., Merritt, A. & Riddell, M.

  KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services

  7/1/18 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Heart Disease 100%
  • Apoplexy 100%
  • Diabetes 100%
  • Prophylaxis 50%
  • Diseases 50%

• Genetic Architecture of Memory and Executive Functioning in Alzheimer's Disease

  Fardo, D.

  University of Washington

  9/1/14 → 5/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Alzheimer's Disease 100%
  • Memory 33%
  • Genetics 27%
  • Exome 22%
  • Genome Wide Association Study 22%

• Genomewide Association Study of Lipid Response to Fenofibrate and Dietary Fat

  Arnett, D. & Fardo, D.

  National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

  12/1/07 → 2/28/21

  Project: Research project

  • Lipid 100%
  • Fenofibrate 87%
  • Genetics 62%
  • Association 50%
  • Lipidomics 50%

• Get Fruved: A Peer-Led, Train-the-Trainer Social Marketing Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Prevent Childhood Obesity

  Lowe, F. & Lowe, F.

  University of Tennessee

  8/1/17 → 9/5/18

  Project: Research project

  • Fruit 100%
  • Vegetable 100%
  • Childhood Obesity 100%
  • Peers 100%

• Health Center Cluster

  Quillen, L., Atkins, R., Dotson, C., Douthitt, K., Fields, J., Fletcher-Jones, C., Hughes, J., Marshall, K., Muha, S., Piercy, J., Slone, S., Stone, D., Taylor, W. & Slone, K.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  1/1/06 → 12/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Medical Centres 100%
  • Service Industries 100%
  • Communities 100%
  • Population Censuses 80%
  • Poverty 80%

• Health Center Cluster

  Quillen, L., Atkins, R., Dotson, C., Douthitt, K., Fields, J., Fletcher-Jones, C., Hughes, J., Muha, S., Stone, D., Taylor, W., Marshall, K., Piercy, J., Slone, S. & Slone, K.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  1/1/06 → 12/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Medical Centres 100%
  • Service Industries 100%
  • Communities 100%
  • Population Censuses 80%
  • Poverty 80%

• Health Center Cluster

  Quillen, L., Atkins, R., Dotson, C., Douthitt, K., Fields, J., Fletcher-Jones, C., Hughes, J., Marshall, K., Muha, S., Piercy, J., Slone, S., Slone, K., Stone, D. & Taylor, W.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  1/1/06 → 12/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Medical Centres 100%
  • Service Industries 100%
  • Communities 100%
  • Population Censuses 80%
  • Poverty 80%

• Health Center Cluster

  Quillen, L., Dotson, C., Fields, J., Hughes, J., Johnson, S., Miller, T., Muha, S., Piercy, J., Slone, K., Stone, D., Taylor, W., Kingery, J., Haynes, K., Hollen, M., Johnson, C. & Knox, T.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  1/1/06 → 12/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • Communities 100%
  • Medical Centres 83%
  • Service Industries 83%
  • Population Censuses 66%
  • Poverty 66%

• Health Center Cluster/UK North Fork Valley Community Healthcare Center

  Quillen, L., Dotson, C., Fields, J., Hughes, J., Johnson, S., Miller, T., Muha, S., Piercy, J., Slone, K., Stone, D., Taylor, W., Kingery, J., Haynes, K., Hollen, M., Johnson, C. & Knox, T.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  1/1/06 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Communities 100%
  • Medical Centres 71%
  • Service Industries 71%
  • Population Censuses 57%
  • Valleys 57%

• Health Center Cluster/UK North Fork Valley Community Healthcare Center

  Kingery, J., Atkins, R., Dotson, C., Fields, J., Haynes, K., Hollen, M., Hughes, J., Johnson, S., Knox, T., Muha, S., Piercy, J., Slone, K. & Stone, D.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  1/1/06 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Communities 100%
  • Medical Centres 71%
  • Service Industries 71%
  • Population Censuses 57%
  • Valleys 57%

• Healthy Communities

  Mullis, L.

  1/1/20 → 3/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Athletes 100%
  • Exercise 60%
  • Diabetes 20%
  • Health 20%
  • Wellbeing 20%

• Healthy Eating and Active Living to Reduce Rural Obesity Through Extension

  Hunter, J., Cardarelli, K., Gustafson, A., Koo, J. & Norman-Burgdolf, H.

  Center for Disease Control and Prevention

  9/30/18 → 9/29/20

  Project: Research project

  • Foods 100%
  • Teams 66%
  • Exercise 66%
  • Obesity 50%
  • Rural Communities 50%

• Healthy Eating and Active Living to Reduce Rural Obesity Through Extension

  Hunter, J., Cardarelli, K., Carman, A., Gustafson, A., Koo, J., Mullins, J., Norman-Burgdolf, H., Kurzynske, J., McQuerry, K. & Shoemaker, R.

  Center for Disease Control and Prevention

  9/30/18 → 9/29/19

  Project: Research project

  • Healthy Eating 100%
  • Physical Activity 66%
  • Food Product 66%
  • Obesity 50%
  • Face 33%

• Healthy Tomorrows-2015

  Northrip, K. & Jensen, J.

  Health Resources and Services Administration

  3/1/12 → 2/29/16

  Project: Research project

  • Child 100%
  • Health 44%
  • Advocacy 44%
  • Child Health 33%
  • Family 22%

• 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%

• Higher Education Challenge Grant Obesity Food Insecurity Paradox

  Gustafson, A., Hege, A., Houlihan, J., Kern, K. & Stephenson, T.

  National Institute of Food and Agriculture

  4/1/17 → 3/31/20

  Project: Research project

  • Obesity 100%
  • Hunger 87%
  • Students 62%
  • Food Insecurity 62%
  • Student 62%

• Hydroxychloroquine for Prevention of Abnormal Glucose Tolerance and Diabetes in Individuals At-Risk for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

  Thrailkill, K.

  University of South Florida

  8/13/19 → 5/12/20

  Project: Research project

  • Monitoring 100%
  • Glucose Tolerance 100%
  • Hydroxychloroquine 100%
  • Controlled Clinical Trial 100%
  • Placebo 100%

• Hyperamylinemia in Diabetic Heart Disease: Mechanisms, Responses, and Prevention

  Despa, F., Cassis, L., Daugherty, A., Despa, S., Frolov, A. & Liu, M.

  National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

  8/23/13 → 7/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Amylin 100%
  • Heart 60%
  • Oligomer 34%
  • Rat 34%
  • Calcium Ion 15%

• Hyperamylinemia in Diabetic Heart Disease: Mechanisms, Responses, and Prevention

  Despa, F., Cassis, L., Daugherty, A., Despa, S., Frolov, A. & Liu, M.

  National Heart Lung and Blood Institute

  8/23/13 → 7/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Amylin 100%
  • Heart 60%
  • Oligomer 34%
  • Rat 34%
  • Calcium Ion 15%

• Improving Anti-tumor Immunity by Targeting LDH-A Functions: Beyond the Warburg Effect

  Fan, W. & Higashi, R.

  Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Incorporated

  6/14/17 → 5/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Antigen Specificity 100%
  • Metabolomics 80%
  • Experiment 60%
  • Lipid 40%
  • Glutamine 40%

• Impulsive Behavior in Adolescent Healthy Weight and Obese Smokers and Nonsmokers

  Reynolds, B.

  Texas A&M Research Foundation

  9/19/13 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Adolescents 100%
  • Behavior 83%
  • Impulsivity 66%
  • Research 66%
  • Smoking 50%

• Inflammation and Renin-Angiotensin System Dysfunction as risk factors for AD

  Norris, C.

  Emory University

  9/30/15 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

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

• 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%

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

  Norris, C.

  Emory University

  9/1/17 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

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

• Inflammation in Human Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes

  Nikolajczyk, B. & Kern, P.

  National Institute Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney

  4/1/18 → 3/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young 100%
  • Serositis 50%
  • Inflammation 50%
  • Obesity 42%
  • Pathogenesis 21%

• Insulin Resistance Intervention after Stroke (IRIS) Trial 2013-2014

  Pettigrew, L.

  9/1/12 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Stroke 100%
  • Insulin 100%
  • Insulin Resistance 100%
  • Placebo 50%
  • Transient Ischemic Attack 50%

• Insulin resistance Intervention after Stroke (IRIS) Trial 2015

  Pettigrew, L.

  9/1/12 → 8/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Insulin Resistance 100%

• Interprofessional Community Engagement Project

  Skaff, K.

  American Dental Hygienists Association Institute for Oral Health

  1/1/16 → 10/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Child 100%
  • Screening 50%
  • Health 50%
  • Exercise 50%
  • Physician 50%

• 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%

• Intestinal Phosphatidylcholine Exposure and Breast Cancer Risk

  Onono, F., Morris, A., O'Connor, K. & Charnigo, R.

  National Cancer Institute

  7/1/15 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Breast Cancer 100%
  • Obesity 61%
  • Lysophosphatidic Acid 61%
  • Egg Lecithin 53%
  • Cancer Risk 53%

• IPA Assignment Agreement - Department of Health and Human Services - NIH

  Morris, A.

  5/1/19 → 4/30/21

  Project: Research project

  • Lipid 100%
  • Laboratory 66%
  • Sample 66%
  • Person 66%
  • Cholesterol 66%

• KCW Women's Wellness Pilot Project: Healthy Triad - Smoking Cessation, Weight Loss and Exercise

  Ickes, M.

  KY Commission on Women

  7/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Woman 100%
  • Heart Disease 66%
  • Body Weight Loss 22%
  • Smoking Cessation 22%
  • Female 22%

• Kentucky Clinic Wellness Garden Project

  Cheever, T.

  Arnold P Gold Foundation

  2/5/16 → 5/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Gardens 100%
  • Communities 61%
  • Wellness 30%
  • Patients 23%
  • Health 23%

• Ketone Body Administration to Treat Spinal Cord Injury

  Patel, S. & Rabchevsky, A.

  Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

  7/1/13 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Spinal Cord Injury 100%
  • Levacecarnine 60%
  • Neuroprotection 40%
  • Mitochondrion 40%
  • Ketone Bodies 40%

• 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%

• KSEF RDE: Harnessing Starch Using Thermophilic Starch Kinases and Phosphatases

  Gentry, M.

  7/1/14 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Starch 100%
  • Phosphatase 27%
  • Kinase 22%
  • Glucose 18%
  • Amylase 13%

• KSEF RDE: Novel Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  Spear, B.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/14 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma 100%
  • Liver Cell Carcinoma 100%
  • Liver Tumor 57%
  • Alcohol 57%
  • Ethanol 57%

• KSEF RDE: Regulation of Enteric Bacterial Clocks by the Host's Circadian System

  Cassone, V.

  KY Science and Technology Co Inc

  7/1/17 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Circadian Rhythm 100%
  • Organisms 37%
  • Melatonin 37%
  • Bacterium 25%
  • Rhythm 25%

• Lafora Disease CSF

  Gentry, M.

  3/5/20 → 7/31/22

  Project: Research project

• LAPTOP-HF "Left Atrial Pressure Monitoring to Optimize Heart Failure Therapy Study

  Gurley, J.

  St Jude Medical Incorporated

  11/15/10 → 3/31/16

  Project: Research project