The LA CaTS Pilot Grants Program is pleased to announce the awardees of the Round 8 Multi-Institutional Pilot Grants and the Special Round Diabetes Focused Pilot Grants Funding Opportunities. Abstracts for each project can be found on our Pilot Projects page: /research-funding/pilot-projects/. Congratulations to the following awardees:
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Special Round Diabetes Focused Pilot Grants Project |
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Applicant |
Institution |
Project Title |
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David McDougal, PhD (Lead PI) Vivian Fonseca, MD, FRCP (Co-PI) |
Pennington Biomedical Tulane University |
Evaluating glial acetate metabolism as a biomarker of hypoglycemic complications in patients with type 1 diabetes: A proof of concept study |
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Round 8 Multi-Institutional Pilot Grants Projects |
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Applicant |
Institution |
Project Title |
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Peter Katzmarzyk, PhD (Lead PI) Jovanny Zabaleta, PhD (Co-PI) |
Pennington Biomedical LSUHSC-New Orleans |
Obesity, Health Disparities and Cancer Risk in Louisiana |
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David Welsh, MD (Lead PI) |
LSUHSC-New Orleans |
Confluent Disparities in Modifiable Health Behaviors in People Living with HIV throughout Louisiana |