Selected Grants
Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2026 - 2031Regulation of Adipose Tissue Plasticity by Pericyte GIPR
ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2025 - 2030Endocrinology and Metabolism Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2029Functional Properties of Adipose Gipr+ Pericytes and their Contribution to the Metabolic Benefits of GIPR agonism
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2026 - 2029NCDRC Pilot: The Role of Adipose Tissue Health in Determining the Metabolic Outcomes of Weight Loss Therapy and Weight Cycling
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by Wake Forest University School Of Medicine · 2026 - 2028Elucidating the Transcriptional Brakes on Adipocyte Thermogenesis
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2023 - 2028Adaptations of the Adipose Tissue Mesothelium in Diet-Induced Obesity
FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Diabetes Association · 2025 - 2027Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Project
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Indiana Biosciences Research Institute Inc · 2025 - 2026Regulation of metabolic diseases by Clostridium immunis
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2021 - 2026NCDRC Pilot: Molecular Mechanisms Coupling Healthy Adipose Tissue Remodeling to Preserved Insulin Sensitivity in Obesity
ResearchSignificant Contributor · Awarded by Wake Forest University School Of Medicine · 2024 - 2025Establishment and Maintenance of Healthy Adipose Tissue in Obesity
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2022 - 2025Generation of Novel Genetic Tools to Study Cellular Heterogeneity in Adipose Tissues
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by University of Texas - Southwestern · 2022 - 2024Directing Stem Cells to the Adipocyte Lineage in Infantile Hemangiomas
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024Caloric restriction-driven immunometabolic checkpoints of inflammation
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Yale University · 2023 - 2024Multifaceted Roles for Pdgfrb+ Perivascular Cells in White Adipose Tissue Remodeling
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023External Relationships
- American Diabetes Association
- Pioneering Medicine VII, Inc.
- Research Triangle Endocrine Collective
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