This federal Project Grant award of $689,177 was provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847). The award aims to uncover the relationships between environmental, genetic, and 'omic factors in the development of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Key activities include: 1) Developing software to identify exposome-wide and genome-wide predictors of insulin resistance,...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under CFDA 93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program provides $583,732 in funding to Emory University from January 6, 2025 through December 31, 2029. The project aims to investigate the genetic and metabolomic factors associated with Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) and prediabetes phenotypes, particularly in the South Asian population, which exhibits unique...
This federal Project Grant award for $746,198, awarded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under CFDA Program 93.847 "Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research", will fund a multi-omic study examining the relationship between exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and the development of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) in youth with type 2 diabetes. The study, titled "PFAS Exposure and Diabetic Kidney...
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $526,902 Project Grant (CFDA 93.847 - Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research) to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to deliver novel statistical methods, computational algorithms, and user-friendly software to study individual health trajectories relevant to disease onset and progression for large, complex biobank and electronic health record data. This work aims to push...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) under the Child Health and Human Development Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.865), supports a longitudinal study to evaluate the impact of federal and state nutrition policies and community food environments on obesity disparities among diverse Asian American ethnic subgroups.
The $685,642 award to Drexel University, effective from September 15, 2024 to June 30, 2029, will...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), provides $1,007,897 to evaluate the impact of a genetic variant in the CREBRF gene on the risk of gestational diabetes (GDM) and postpartum type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in American Samoan women. Specifically, the project will recruit a cohort of 350 pregnant American Samoan women and assess...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), will provide $561,893 to Weill Medical College of Cornell University from September 2024 through June 2029.
The funding will support research to systematically evaluate the molecular cascade involving Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) effector genes, the transcription factors RFX3 and RFX6, and...
This Project Grant award, valued at $608,855.00 and provided by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) under CFDA 93.847 Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program, supports the development of novel Bayesian approaches to survival analysis. The project aims to correct for measurement errors in device-based physical activity and self-reported dietary intake data, and determine their relationships with mortality and type 2 diabetes...
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) awarded a $774,229 Project Grant to Kaiser Foundation Hospitals under the Cardiovascular Diseases Research program (CFDA 93.837). This 4-year grant (2/1/2025 - 11/30/2028) will fund a large longitudinal cohort study to understand the epidemiology of cardiometabolic conditions, such as hypertension, prediabetes, and fatty liver disease, among adolescents and young adults (aged 12-26) in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847), aims to address barriers to equitable, guideline-recommended diabetes care in the United States. The $731,071 award to The Johns Hopkins University, with a sub-award to New York University School of Medicine, will leverage real-world patient data to: 1) Describe disparities in diabetes care and...