Obesity Consortium Pilot Grant Funding

Previously Funded Pilot Grant Awards

Boutelle, Kerri, Assistant Professor, UMN-Pediatrics
“Parents as the Agent of Change for Childhood Obesity”
11/1/06—10/31/08 Abstract

Chen, Xiaoli, Assistant Professor, UMN-Food Science & Nutrition
“Identifying Novel Roles of Lipocalin 2 in Insulin Action and Glucose Metabolism”
11/1/06—10/31/08 Abstract

Mashek, Douglas, Assistant Professor, UMN-Food Science & Nutrition
“Hypothalamic Acyl-CoA Metabolism and Food Intake Regulation”
11/1/06—10/31/08 Abstract

Nelson, Melissa, Assistant Professor, UMN-Epidemiology & Community Health
“Obesity, Elevated Blood Pressure and Insulin Resistance among American Indian School-Children: Identifying Family- and Environment-level Determinants”
11/1/06—10/31/07 Abstract            

Nelson, Melissa, Assistant Professor, UMN-Epidemiology & Community Health
"Behavioral Characteristics of Diet: Developing Survey Instruments for Ethnically Diverse Populations"
11/1/06-9/30/07 Abstract

Novak, Colleen, Instructor, Mayo Clinic, Endocrine Research Unit
“Oxyntomodulin and the Regulation of Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis”
11/1/06—10/31/08 Abstract

Sanders, Michel, Professor, UMN-Biochemistry
“ZEB1 and the Development of Obesity”
11/1/06—10/31/08 Abstract

Sherwood, Nancy, Research Fellow, HealthPartners Research Foundation
”Pediatric Primary Care Obesity Prevention”
11/1/06—10/31/07 Abstract

Shimotsu, Scott, Doctoral Student, UMN-Epidemiology & Community Health
“Bar Code Scanners and Annotated Receipts: A Comparison of Measures of the Home Food Environment”
11/1/06—10/31/08 Abstract

Stovitz, Steven, Assistant Professor, UMN-Family Medicine
“Comparing Childhood Weight-for-Age to Body Mass Index in the Prediction of Adolescent Obesity and Chronic Disease Risk Factors”
11/1/06—10/31/07 Abstract

Timlin, Maureen, Postdoctoral Fellow, UMN-Epidemiology & Community Health
“Metabolic and Behavioral Effects of Breakfast Frequency and Quality in a Bi-Ethnic Sample of Children”
11/1/06—10/31/07 Abstract

Wickman, Kevin, Associate Professor, UMN-Pharmacy
“GIRK$:  A New Obesity Gene?”
11/1/06—10/31/08 Abstract

Previously Funded OPC and TREC Pilot Projects (click here)