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Diego V. Bohorquez

Associate Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Gastroenterology
Box 2651 - 221A MSRBI, 203 Research Dr, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2024 - 2029

Endocrinology and Metabolism Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2029

Gut epithelial control of nutrient reward

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2028

Bacteria sensory transduction from gut to brain to modulate behavior

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2023 - 2028

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Duke Training Grant in Digestive Diseases and Nutrition

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 1988 - 2027

A substrate for durable gut-brain signaling

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2027

Bitter chemosensation from gut to brain

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2024 - 2027

Rapid sugar sensing from gut to brain

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2023 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2021 - 2026

Gut glutamatergic neurotransmission in sugar preference

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases · 2021 - 2026

Harnessing the neuroepithelial gut-brain circuit in binge eating disorder

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Brain and Behavior Research Foundation · 2024 - 2026

Leica Stellaris Confocal for a Campus-wide Shared Resource

EquipmentMinor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2025

Efferent modulation of neuropod cells in the small intestine

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2025

The efferent synapse in neuropod cells

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

A gut brain neural circuit relevant to mental illnesses

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Neural sensing of gut bacteria

FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2024

The neurotransmitter for calorie

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2024

Sensing Dietary Amino Acids from Gut to Brain

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2023

Quantifying Enteric Metabolism of Branched-chain Amino Acids in Relation to Other Dietary and Microbiota Nutrients

ResearchCo-Mentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023

NCDRC Pilot: Gut-Brain Neurotransmission for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Wake Forest University School Of Medicine · 2022 - 2023

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022

Enteroendocrine cells sense gut bacteria and activate a gut-brain pathway

ResearchAdvisor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2021

Transmission electron microscope (TEM)

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2021

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Gut-Brain Neurocircuit Modulating Eating Behavior

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2015 - 2019

Closed-loop sacral nerve stimulation for inflammation - Phase I -

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Johns Hopkins University · 2015 - 2019

Illuminating a gut-brain neural path for sensory signaling and pathogens

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Dana Foundation · 2016 - 2019

Tasting gut bacteria

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2019

Role of TLRs in human enteroendocrine cells

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by American Gastroenterological Association · 2018 - 2019

Steering Brain Behaviors Using Programmable Bacteria

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Caribou Biosciences, Inc. · 2018 - 2019

Serial Block Face Scanning Electron Microscope

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Functional mapping of efferent gut neuroepithelial circuits

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2018

Pilot Grant for Gastrointestinal Biology Research

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease · 2015 - 2016

Regulation of Intestinal PYY cell function

FellowshipPI-Fellow · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2014

External Relationships


  • Gastronauts Foundation, Inc.

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