Washington University, St. Louis
Program Director: Dominic Reeds, MD
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8031
St. Louis, MO 63110
Phone: 314-362-8943
Email: dalpers@wustl.edu
View 2023 Call for Applications (pdf)
The Pilot and Feasibility Program provides modest research support for a limited time (usually one to two years) to enable eligible investigators to explore the feasibility of a concept related to the mission of the NORC and generate sufficient data to pursue it through other funding mechanisms (e.g. R01).
The pilot and feasibility studies are intended to:
- Provide support for new investigators seeking to test a new hypothesis or idea related to nutrition/obesity.
- Allow exploration of possible innovative new directions for established investigators already working in the nutrition/obesity field.
- Stimulate investigators from other areas to participate in nutrition/obesity research.
Pilot and feasibility study support is not intended for large projects by established investigators that would otherwise be submitted as separate research grant applications, nor is it intended to provide bridging support. Pilot and feasibility funds are also not intended to support or supplement ongoing funded research of an investigator.
Current awards
Daniel Ferguson, PhD
Instructor in Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Role of Microglial Mitochondria Pyruvate Carrier in Diet-Induced Obesity
Kathleen Markan-Klostermann, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Mechanisms underlying cellular senescence in obesity
Sandip Mukherjee, PhD
Instructor, Center for Human Nutrition, University of Washington in St. Louis
Adipocyte NAMPT and the Regulation of Cav1 Expression and Function
Aaron Norris, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator, Neuroscientist, Neuroanesthesiologist, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Regulation of Metabolism by Preoptic Hypothalamic Circuits
Arin Oestreich, PhD
Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center of Regenerative Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Metabalo-epigenetic programming of fetal chondrocytes by maternal obesity
Max Petersen, MD, PhD
Instructor in Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Lipid Research
Effect of weight loss on adipose tissue lipid-associated macrophages in obesity
Andrea Spray Bulungu, PhD
Research Assistant Professor, E3 Nutrition Lab, Brown School of Washington University in St. Louis
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Lora Iannotti, PhD
Professor, E3 Nutrition Lab, Brown School of Washington University in St. Louis
Obesity prevention intervention in school-age children with Quito and Tulcán
Nathaniel York, PhD
Instructor in Cell Biology & Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Hyperglycemia induced hyperexcitability: A novel role for KATP in the progression of type 2 diabetes