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Matthew Yousefzadeh, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences, Columbia University
Dates of Funding: 2024-2025

Investigation of Senescent Cells and Their Role in the Pathogenesis of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease


Stephanie Randolph, PhD

Assistant Professor, Departments of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dates of Funding: 2024-2025

Roles for CSF-Contacting Oxytocinergic Neurons in Obesity


Kathryn J Whyte, PhD, RDN

Associate Research Scientist, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University
Dates of Funding: 2024-2025

Effects of Ultra-processed Food on Intestinal Energy Harvest


Maxine Ashby-Thompson, EdD, MPH

Post-doctoral Research Scientist, Columbia University
Dates of Funding: 2023-2024

Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) for the Identification of Novel Mediators of Glucose Homeostasis


Rossana Calderon, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor in Medicine, Columbia University
Dates of Funding: 2023-2025

Unraveling Vitamin A Actions on Gut Endocrine Cells


Robert Bauer, PhD

Assistant Professor in Medicine, Columbia University
Dates of Funding: 2023-2025

Regulation of Visceral Adipose Tissue Formation by C/EBPa


Viraj Sanghvi, PhD

Assistant Professor in Medicine, Columbia University
Dates of Funding: 2023-2025

Understanding and Targeting Deglycation in Obesity


Juan Manuel Schvartzman, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Columbia University
Dates of Funding: 2022-2023

Effects of Microbiome-derived Metabolites on Chromatin Accessibility of the Human Colon


George Stratigopoulos, PhD

Assistant Professor of Metabolic Science, Columbia University
Dates of Funding: 2022-2024

Gene Prioritization at the FTO Locus by Looping in Arcuate Neurons