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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• Research project

  sEcad as a Novel Target and Therapy for IGF-1R Expressing Tumors

  Brouxhon, S., Weiss, H. & Samayoa, L.

  National Cancer Institute

  9/1/15 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Somatomedin C Receptor 100%
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor 100%
  • Breast Cancer 42%
  • Mammalian Target of Rapamycin 42%
  • Antibody 28%

• 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%

• Nutrition and Superfund Chemical Toxicity

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

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  4/7/97 → 3/31/18

  Project: Research project

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

• Fellowship for Ly: Role of Diabetes-Associated Hyperamylinemia in Stroke

  Despa, F. & Coburn, H.

  American Heart Association

  7/1/18 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Amylin 100%
  • Diabetes 54%
  • Apoplexy 27%
  • Stroke 27%
  • Brain 27%

• Postdoctoral Fellowship for Kraemer: Regulation and Function of Lipoprotein Associated Bioactive Lysophospholipid Mediators of Atherosclerosis

  Kraemer, M., Morris, A. & Smyth, S.

  7/1/18 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Lysophosphatidic Acid 100%
  • Low-Density Lipoprotein 42%
  • Diet 42%
  • Atherosclerosis 42%
  • Low Density Lipoprotein 42%

• Prenatal Tobacco Exposure and Mechanisms of Offspring Obesity

  Pearson, K., Pauly, J. & Ashford, K.

  National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

  9/30/17 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Child 100%
  • Progeny 89%
  • Obesity 80%
  • Smoke 60%
  • Smoking 60%

• 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%

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

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

  National Institute of General Medical Sciences

  9/8/08 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

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

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

  Webb, N. & Cassis, L.

  National Institute Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney

  8/15/00 → 7/31/19

  Project: Research project

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

• Neural Circuitry in the Dorsal Vagal Complex

  Smith, B. & Boychuk, C.

  6/1/01 → 6/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • Diabetes 100%
  • Glucose 53%
  • GABA Receptor 30%
  • Neuron 30%
  • Hyperglycemia 15%

• Adipocyte PRR contributes to obesity induced hypertension and insulin resistance.

  Yiannikouris, F.

  7/1/13 → 6/30/16

  Project: Research project

  • Adipocyte 100%
  • Obesity 90%
  • Angiotensin II 72%
  • Insulin Resistance 72%
  • Adipose Tissue 63%

• 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%

• 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%

• Circadian rhythms and melatonin signaling in the aging gastrointestinal system

  Cassone, V.

  National Institute on Aging

  8/15/13 → 5/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Melatonin 100%
  • Aging 83%
  • Circadian Rhythm 66%
  • Nested Gene 66%
  • Gene 66%

• 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 → 6/30/18

  Project: Research project

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

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

  Peterson, C.

  8/17/15 → 4/30/18

  Project: Research project

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

• UK BCC: FY20 HIV/AIDS Prevention

  Stivers, T.

  KY Cabinet for Health and Family Services

  7/1/18 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Hospital 100%
  • HIV/AIDS 77%
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus 66%
  • Prevention 66%
  • Patient 44%

• Core Competencies for Land Grant Nutrition Education

  Mullins, J.

  Colorado State University

  10/1/19 → 1/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • Program 100%
  • Nutrition 75%
  • Nutrition Education 62%
  • Personnel 37%
  • SNAP 37%

• 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%

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

  Peterson, C.

  8/17/15 → 4/30/16

  Project: Research project

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

• Biomarker Discovery by Interrogating Lung Cancer Lipid Metabolome

  Fan, W., Al-Attar, A., Arnold, S., Lane, A. & Martin, J.

  KY Lung Cancer Research Fund

  7/1/15 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Lipid 100%
  • Lipid Profile 30%
  • Screening 23%
  • Species 15%
  • Smoking 15%

• The role of hepatic insulin resistance on SR-BI dependant HDL cholesterol uptake and metabolism

  Graf, G., Charnigo, R., Galperin, E. & Van Der Westhuyzen, D.

  National Institute Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney

  9/20/13 → 8/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Insulin Signaling 100%
  • Cholesterol 83%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 66%
  • Insulin Resistance 66%
  • High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol 50%

• 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%

• PPAR Inhibition of Spinal Pain Transmission

  Taylor, B., Albuquerque, R. & Smith, B.

  12/18/08 → 3/31/18

  Project: Research project

  • Diabetic Neuropathy 100%
  • Methylglyoxal 100%
  • Pain 50%
  • Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young 33%
  • Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus 33%

• 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%

• 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%

• SNAP-Ed 2018

  Hunter, J., Cotterill, D. & Vail, A.

  KY Department of Community Based Services

  7/1/18 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Nutrition 100%
  • Project 80%
  • Physical Activity 60%
  • Human Nutrition 60%
  • Evaluation 40%

• 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%

• Assessment of the Clinical Importance of Insulin Resistance & Steroid-Associated Hyperglycemia in Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

  Sohn, M.

  Virginia Commonwealth University

  9/1/19 → 9/1/19

  Project: Research project

  • Glucose Blood Level 100%
  • Multiple Sclerosis 60%
  • Steroid 60%
  • Relapse 40%
  • Person 40%

• NTAE Catalyst

  Henning, J.

  eXtension Foundation

  9/1/19 → 6/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • Professional 100%
  • Initiative 100%
  • System 50%
  • Online 50%
  • Frame-work 50%

• Fellowship for Jing: Understanding the Mechanisms of Cardiac Dyssynchrony in Obesity: a Potential Link between Obesity and Increased Cardiovascular Mortality

  Fornwalt, B. & Jing, L.

  7/1/14 → 12/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Obesity 100%
  • Connexin 43 61%
  • Lipid Diet 30%
  • Diet Induced Obesity 23%
  • Comprehension 23%

• Magnetic resonance imaging of early molecular changes in diabetic heart disease

  Vandsburger, M.

  11/17/14 → 10/1/15

  Project: Research project

  • Heart Failure 100%
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging 80%
  • CD36 60%
  • Heart 40%
  • Diagnosis 40%

• Osteocyte Regulation of Bone/Muscle with Age

  Esser, K.

  9/15/14 → 4/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • Aging 100%
  • Bone 50%
  • Phenotype 50%
  • Mouse 33%
  • Morbidity 16%

• Overcoming Resistance to Enzalutamide with first-in-field TGF-beta Inhibition

  Kyprianou, N.

  6/1/15 → 5/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Mesenchymal-Epithelial Transition 100%
  • Transforming Growth Factor Beta 66%
  • Androgen Receptor 44%
  • TGF Beta Signaling 44%
  • Prostate Cancer 44%

• Social Network Analysis and Social Support Intervention for Rural Dwelling Older Adults with T2DM

  Smalls, B., Borgatti, S., Moser, D., Pearce, K. & Schoenberg, N.

  National Institute Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney

  1/1/19 → 6/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • Type 2 Diabetes 100%
  • Social Support 44%
  • Older Adult 44%
  • Communities 38%
  • Adult 33%

• Rel B Mediated-Redox Regulation of Radiation Therapy

  St Clair, D., Shelton, B., St Clair, W., Strup, S. & Crispen, P.

  National Cancer Institute

  1/1/11 → 12/31/16

  Project: Research project

  • Prostate Cancer 100%
  • Interleukin 8 57%
  • Radiation Therapy 42%
  • Androgen 42%
  • Cancer Cell 28%

• Understanding the Effects of Varying Nutrient Content in Forage on Postprandial Insulin Responses in Equine Metabolic Syndrome horses

  Adams, A.

  Morris Animal Foundation

  5/1/20 → 5/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Horse 100%
  • Insulin 92%
  • Equus 18%
  • Laminitis 14%
  • Incretin 11%

• 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%

• University of Kentucky Pilot and Feasibility Research Program

  Kern, P.

  Washington University in St. Louis

  2/23/13 → 11/30/22

  Project: Research project

  • Kentucky 100%
  • Universities 100%
  • Investigator 75%
  • St. Louis 50%
  • Diabetes 50%