Projects Awarded
2022
Mehmet Furkan Burak, MD, Instructor, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Identification of immunometabolic alterations in adipo-pulmonary axis to treat obesity-related asthma (Renewal)
Yang Hu, ScD, Research Associate, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Metabolic signatures of artificial sweetener intake, human gut microbiome, and body weight in free-living individuals.
Lydia Lynch, PhD, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Investigating if the source of dietary fat, rather than obesity, dictates anti-tumor immunity (Renewal)
Jordi Merino, PhD, Instructor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical and physiological characterization of genetic variation influencing dietary intake (Renewal)
Lorena Sonia Pacheco, PhD, MPH, BS, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Description of the home kitchen environment in Hispanic/Latinos in Boston, MA
Tracey Simon, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Diet-and Gut-Derived Metabolite Profiles of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Patients with Cirrhosis
Allison Jane Wu, MD, MPH, Instructor in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Intervening in Food Insecurity to Reduce and Mitigate (InFoRM) Childhood Obesity
2021
Chika Anekwe, MD, MPH, Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Feasibility study of an intensive nutrition therapy program for improvement of obesity and diabetes in a low-income population
Frankie Heyward, PhD, Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Determining the Direct Transcriptional Targets of STAT3 in AgRP Neurons (Renewal)
Lydia Lynch, PhD, Lecturer on Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Investigating if the source of dietary fat, rather than obesity, dictates anti-tumor immunity
Lidia Mínguez-Alarcón, PhD, Lecturer on Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Serum n3PUFA, urinary phthalates and reproductive health in women
Armen Yerevanian, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Caloric Restriction Mimicry and Metabolic Reprogramming via Riboflavin Depletion
Yanjia Jason Zhang, MD, PhD. Clinical Fellow in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Microbe-derived bioactive lipids that affect host satiety signaling and eating behaviors
2020
Mehmet Furkan Burak, MD, Research Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Identification of immunometabolic alterations in adipo-pulmonary axis to treat obesity related asthma
Andrea G. Edlow, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Fetal programming of mesolimbic dopamine signaling as a driver of transgenerational obesity (renewal)
Maarten Hulsmans, PhD, Instructor in Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Resolving macrophage heterogeneity of human atrial remodeling at single-cell level
Jacqueline M. Lane, PhD, Instructor in Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
The circadian clock as a treatment for obesity: developing an accurate, easy to use, and clinically meaningful measure of circadian disruption
Carmen Monthe-Dreze, MD, Instructor in Pediatrics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
The Placenta and Pro-Resolving Superfamily of Mediators: New Insights into Intergenerational Obesity
Jingyi Qian, PhD, Research Fellow in Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Effects of Circadian Misalignment and Meal Timing on Metabolite Profiles
Margaret A Stefater, MD, PhD, Instructor in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Using Intestinal Epithelial Organoids to Study Durability of and Mechanisms for Roux Limb Remodeling after Gastric Bypass Surgery
Marc Wein, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
The role of salt inducible kinases in obesity-associated systemic viral pathogenesis
Davene R. Wright, PhD, Faculty of Population Medicine, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
Decision to Initiate Lifestyle Changes for Childhood Obesity (DIsCCO)
2019
Laura Dichtel, MD, MHS, Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School
Molecular Mechanisms of Growth Hormone Action in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Lindsay T. Fourman, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School
Metabolic Sequelae of In Utero HIV Exposure: A Pilot Study
Frankie D. Heyward, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Rosen Lab in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School
Determining the Direct Transcriptional Targets of STAT3 in AgRP Neurons
Jacqueline Marie Lauer, PhD, MPH, Research Fellow, Boston Children’s Hospital
Assessing the Relationship Between Environmental Enteric Dysfunction and Poor Growth Via a Newly Developed 11-Plex Assay
Jordi Merino, RD, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Diabetes Unit and Center for Genomic Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Clinical and Physiological Characterization of Genetic Variation Influencing Dietary Intake
Sarbattama Sen, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
The Role of Specialized Pro-Resolving Lipid Mediators in Linking Maternal Obesity with Offspring Asthma
2018
Andrea Edlow, MD, MSc, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Fetal origins of obesity and metabolic syndrome
Sara Looby, PhD, ANP-BC (Co-Principal Investigator with Kathleen Fitch, MSN, FNP-BC), Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Exploring sweetener knowledge and consumption in people living with HIV
Samir Softic, MD, MSc, Instructor in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Pathways of Fructose Metabolism
Vibha Singhal, MD, MSc, Instructor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Determinants of Beta Cell Function Following Sleeve Gastrectomy in Adolescents
Chien Wen Su, PhD, Instructor in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center
Helminth infection confers resistance to high fat diet-induced obesity
2017
Mengyao Ella Li, BS, MS, PhD, Research Fellow, Joslin Diabetes Center
Contribution of gut microbiome to exercise training-generated beneficial effects
Pouneh K. Fazeli, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Changes in Marrow Adipose Tissue in Response to Estradiol Cyclicity
Marie-France Hivert, MD, MMSC, Associate Professor, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
How to reach women of reproductive age with obesity to support weight loss before pregnancy?
Seth Rakoff-Nahoum, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Boston Childrens Hospital
Development of Ecologically-Rational Nutribiotics and Probiotics for the Pre-term Gut Microbiome
Christian Rask-Madsen, MD, PhD, Assistant Investigator, Joslin Diabetes Center
Endothelial Dysfunction in Obesity and Intestinal Stem Cell Function
Sarbattama Sen, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Maternal Obesity, Breastmilk Composition and Offspring Growth
Changzheng Yuan, BM, MSc, ScD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard School of Public Health
Obesity over the adult life course and late-life subjective cognitive function
Markella Zanni, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Testing a Novel Hormonal Strategy to Reduce Myocardial Steatosis and Improve Cardiac Function among People Living with HIV
2016
Abdelfattah El Ouaamari, PhD, Instructor in Medicine, Joslin Diabetes Center
Unraveling the neuro-anatomy of the endocrine pancreas
Kriston Ganguli, MD, Instructor in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital
The use of probiotic metabolites in reducing the risk factors for necrotizing enterocolitis
Ida Hatoum, Sc.D, Instructor in Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Intergenerational effects of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Maureen Leonard, MD, Instructor of Pediatrics, Mass General Hospital for Children
Early Environmental Factors Predictive of Autoimmunity in Infants at Risk of Celiac Disease (competing renewal)
Deirdre Tobias, D.Sc, Instructor of Medicine; Associate Epidemiologist, Harvard Medical School; Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Joint relationships between obesity and cardiometabolic risk with postmenopausal breast cancer risk
Chien Wen Su, PhD, Instructor in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center
Helminth infection confers resistance to high fat diet-induced obesity
2015
Karen Bernstein, MD, Instructor in Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Effects of caloric restriction on post-operative complications in sarcoma patients treated with pre-operative radiation therapy
Lauren Gehler Fiechtner, MD, Instructor in Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital
Emerging early life risk factors for childhood obesity: an examination of diet and antibiotics in infants
Elizabeth L. Hohmann, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Therapeutic targeting of gut microbiota for human obesity and metabolism
Janet Lo, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Nutritional and Gastrointestinal Factors in Low Bone Density of HIV Disease
Kathleen Joan Sweadner, PH.D, Associate Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology in the Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital
Metabolism in a mutant mouse with elevated muscle activity
