LIFT-UP Scholars
2022-2023 Cohort
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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](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/narain-kimberly-1689900102.jpg?h=8a019425&f=490b6044&itok=iupAGdEc)
Kimberly D. Narain, MD, MPH, PhD
Pilot Title: Insurance Design to Address Racial & Socioeconomic Disparities in Obesity
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Pearl Quijada, PhD
Pilot Title: Pericyte Proliferation in the Progression of Diabetes-Associated Microvascular Disease
2023-2024 Cohort
![Estelle M. Everett, MD](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/everett-estelle-1952744773.jpg?h=658e1062&f=c1dbc2fc&itok=V7qHWajz)
Estelle M. Everett, MD
Pilot Title: Hybrid Closed Loop Insulin Pumps in Poorly Controlled Type 1 Diabetes
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Evelyn Vazquez, MS, PhD
Pilot Title: A Community-Based Exploration of the Influence of Parental Mental Health on Infant Nutrition in California
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Karina Cunha e Rocha, PhD
Pilot Title: The Role of Adipose Tissue Macrophages-Derived miR-690 on Adipocyte Precursor Cell Maintenance and Adipogenesis
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Laura Cortes, PhD
Pilot Title: Neural Control of Thermoregulatory Changes Accompanying Pregnancy
![Matthew Romero](/sites/default/files/styles/portrait_3x4_006000_180x240/public/images/c3/matthew-romero-05r4x5.jpg?f=ba27a49a&itok=LoUIzkc_)
Matthew Romero, PhD
Pilot Title: Determining Activated Enhancers in Obesity and Exercise as a Treatment Strategy for Obesity
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Gloria Cecilia Galvan Alvarado
Pilot Title: Race, Obesity and the Tumor Microenvironment in Prostate Cancer Disparities