IDOC Pilot Projects

Research Awards in Obesity Research

IDOC aims to foster interdisciplinary research by funding pilot studies to demonstrate new ways to build connections among researchers from different disciplines and to develop new creative science in the obesity arena. These pilot projects have been funded since inception of the IDOC:

2005-2006

• Genetic and Early Life Origins of Obesity, Metabolic and Cancer-related Risk Factors among Filipinos ($37,500)
  Principal Investigator: Linda Adair
• Inflammation and Obesity ($100,000)
  Principal Investigator: Melinda Beck
• Healthy Baby, Healthy Mom: Obesity Prevention among Pregnant Women and Infants ($63,443)
  Principal Investigator: Margaret Bentley
• Metabolomics Pilot Study of the Metabolic Syndrome ($23,900)
  Principal Investigator: Rosalind Coleman
• Genetics of Weight Gain, Obesity and Related Traits ($37,300)
  Principal Investigator: Karen Mohlke
• Genetic Determinant of Obesity Development ($23,060)
  Principal Investigator: Anna-Maria Siega-Riz
• Making a Healthy H.O.U.S.E. at Home: Targeting Parenting Skills for the Prevention of Childhood Overweight ($14,026)
  Principal Investigator: Dianne Ward
• Development of a Healthy Home Survey for Healthy Weight in Children ($35,974)
  Principal Investigator: Dianne Ward

2006-2007

• Periodontal-Associated Inflammation, Obesity & Diabetes among Children ($20,514)
  Principal Investigator: David Paquette
• Understanding the Pathophysiology of Obesity through the Lens of Anorexia Nervosa ($27,800)
  Principal Investigator: Cindy Bulik
• Salivary Leptin as a Biomarker for Obesity in Children ($20,000)
  Principal Investigator: Melinda Beck
• Acyl-DoA & DAG Mediated Changes in Insulin Signaling ($20,000)
  Principal Investigator: Tal Lewin
• Environmental Arsenic, Obesity & Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ($26,228)
  Principal Investigator: Miroslav Styblo
• Relationship of Obesity and Exercise in Mice Predisposed to be Either Obese or Active ($22,000)
  Principal Investigator: Daniel Pomp