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Yi Zhu
Ut Southwestern Medical Center
$3,975,397
Attributed
$4,400,291
Total exposure
5
Grants
4
Lead (contact PI)
Attributed= this PI's even-split share of every grant they're on (the fair, additive number). Exposure = full size of all those grants.
Funding over time
peak $1.7M · FY2017–25$2M$1.5M$1M$500K$0
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Funding mix
By agency
NIH$4,400,291 · 5
By mechanism
R01$3,486,019 · 3
R00$732,772 · 1
K99$181,500 · 1
Top collaborators
- Qiong Annabel Wang1 shared
Most similar at Ut Southwestern Medical Center
Same institution · by research overlap
- Philipp E Scherer$40,932,820
- William L Kraus$26,921,621
- Steve Kliewer$55,158
- Clark Jeffrey Rosensweig$241,149
- Jennifer Helene Stern$2,679,968
Others in their field
Other Emerging Leaders on “Obesity”
- Chanza Baytop · Westat, Inc.$271,217,917
- Ted Ross · University Of Georgia$71,962,304
- Barbara Halina Braffett · George Washington University$17,257,975
- Ionut Bebu · George Washington University$14,057,850
- Michael P Harms · Washington University$13,645,932
- Jorge Eduardo Chavarro · Harvard School Of Public Health$13,580,472
Research focus
ObesityAdipose TissueCellsOverexpressionResponseLiverTissuesOrganInsightMediatingAdipocytesMetabolic DiseasesMetabolismMetabolicSignal TransductionAffectConnexin 43AcuteConnexinsNeuronsBindingCombatHepaticCoupling
Grant awards (12)
The role of hyaluron in beige adipogenesis$849,788
R01 · FY2025 · DK
Enhancing metabolic action of FGF21 through adipocyte Connexin43 gap junction channels$452,443
R01 · FY2025 · DK · contact PI
Postprandial activation of hyaluronan-MARCO axis contributes to systemic chronic inflammation$433,816
R01 · FY2025 · DK · contact PI
Enhancing metabolic action of FGF21 through adipocyte Connexin43 gap junction channels$437,829
R01 · FY2024 · DK · contact PI
Postprandial activation of hyaluronan-MARCO axis contributes to systemic chronic inflammation$416,464
R01 · FY2024 · DK · contact PI
Enhancing metabolic action of FGF21 through adipocyte Connexin43 gap junction channels$461,863
R01 · FY2023 · DK · contact PI
Postprandial activation of hyaluronan-MARCO axis contributes to systemic chronic inflammation$433,816
R01 · FY2023 · DK · contact PI
Gap Junction Dependent and Independent Roles of Connexin43 in Metabolic Tissues$239,306
R00 · FY2022 · DK · contact PI
Gap Junction Dependent and Independent Roles of Connexin43 in Metabolic Tissues$244,467
R00 · FY2021 · DK · contact PI
Gap Junction Dependent and Independent Roles of Connexin43 in Metabolic Tissues$248,999
R00 · FY2020 · DK · contact PI
Gap Junction Dependent and Independent Roles of Connexin43 in Metabolic Tissues$90,000
K99 · FY2018 · DK · contact PI
Gap Junction Dependent and Independent Roles of Connexin43 in Metabolic Tissues$91,500
K99 · FY2017 · DK · contact PI