LIFT-UP Scholars
2022-2023 Cohort
Anthony Covarrubias, PhD
Pilot Title: Investigation of Immuno-Senescence as a Driver of Metabolic Disease and Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Kimberly D. Narain, MD, MPH, PhD
Pilot Title: Insurance Design to Address Racial & Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity
Pearl Quijada, PhD
Pilot Title: Pericyte Proliferation in the Progression of Diabetes-Associated Microvascular Disease
2023-2024 Cohort
Estelle M. Everett, MD
Pilot Title: Hybrid Closed Loop Insulin Pumps in Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes
Evelyn Vazquez, MS, PhD
Pilot Title: A Community-Based Exploration of the Influence of Parental Mental Health on Infant Nutrition in California
Karina Cunha e Rocha, PhD
Pilot Title: The Role of Adipose Tissue Macrophages-Derived miR-690 on Adipocyte Precursor Cell Maintenance and Adipogenesis
Laura Cortes, PhD
Pilot Title: Neural Control of Thermoregulatory Changes Accompanying Pregnancy
Matthew Romero, PhD
Pilot Title: Determining Activated Enhancers in Obesity and Exercise as a Treatment Strategy for Obesity
Gloria Cecilia Galvan Alvarado
Pilot Title: Race, Obesity and the Tumor Microenvironment in Prostate Cancer Disparities