Minnesota Obesity Center

Grant Awards

The new Call for Proposals will be available soon.

The Pilot and Feasibility Grants for 2006 were awarded in October 2006, please see the links on the right to view current and past recipients of the Pilot and Feasibility Award.

2006 Recipients:

ZEB1 and the Development of Obesity
Michel Sanders, Ph.D.
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota

Oxyntomodulin and the Regulation of Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis
Colleen Novak, Ph.D.
Endocrine Research Unit
Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Hypothalamic Acyl-CoA Metabolism and Food Intake Regulation
Douglas Mashek, Ph.D.
Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Minnesota

Parents as the Agent of Change for Childhood Obesity
Kerri N. Boutelle, Ph.D.
Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Health, University of Minnesota

Identifying Novel Roles of Lipocalin 2 in Insulin Action and Glucose Metabolism
Xiaoli Chen, Ph.D.
Department of Food Science & Nutrition, University of Minnesota

GIRK$: A New Obesity Gene?
Kevin Wickman, Ph.D.
Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota