The pilot and feasibility program fosters innovative and transformative research designed to eliminate disparities in diabetes. Explore our current and past projects below.
Kathryn Lindley, MD
“Compliance with recommended postpartum Hemoglobin A1C Diabetes Screening at 6 vs 12 Weeks in a Multidisciplinary Postpartum Hypertension Clinic”
Joel Gittelsohn, PhD, MS
“Impact of a Community Intervention on Individual-Level Behavioral Risk Factors in AIAN Communities”
Leyao Wang, PhD, MPH
“Factors underlying increased risks of COVID-19 infection and severe outcomes among people with diabetes”
Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD
“Developing and piloting a virtual reality experience to address childhood obesity”
Abigail Barker, PhD
“The impact of sustained vs. temporary price changes for healthy and unhealthy foods: policy implications for low-income families”
George Schweitzer, PhD
“Influence of Supervised Exercise Training on Social and Cognitive Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors and Weight Loss in People with Obesity”
Julie Kapp, PhD
“Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Systems-Based Social Determinants Approach to Health Disparities Among Missouri Parents as Teachers Families at Risk for Diabetes “
Allison Cahill, MD
“A Novel Smartphone App to Increase Postpartum Weight Loss by Increasing Breastfeeding Rates Among Low-income, Urban Women”