# Metabolic and Analytic Core

> **NIH NIH P20** · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · 2024 · $397,510

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT – Metabolic & Analytic Core
Diabetes (DM) is a global epidemic and the state of Hawaiʻi is especially afflicted as the ethnicities that compose
its population are particularly susceptible. Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and Asians who constitute a
majority of the population in Hawaiʻi are twice as likely to develop DM as Whites. Recognizing the lack of
dedicated infrastructure to study the mechanisms of DM in humans as well as in cellular and animal models, the
Phase 1 of the COBRE has established a Diabetes Research Center (DRC) at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
(UHM) John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM). The COBRE-Diabetes has developed a Resource Core
that supports the career development of young investigators and promotes DM-related research. In the five years
of the Phase 1 COBRE we have established a dedicated Center and mentored 7 multidisciplinary RPLs from the
JABSOM, Cancer Center, and College of Engineering. The Phase 1 Core has promoted the growth of DM
research in Hawaiʻi by successfully graduating 7 RPLs and supporting 7 Pilot Project Leaders. We are now
developing a critical mass of investigators required to lead our school through the COBRE Phase 2, as a Center
for biomedical sciences with a Pacific focus through enhanced educational and training activities.
In this Phase 2 application, we propose to sustain and improve the Core by expanding the services it provides,
acquire new equipment, improve sustainability via the cost center, and continue DM-related research and
development to support both human and animal studies. The Core will directly support the evolving needs of our
new COBRE RPLs and Pilot Projects Leaders. Project 1 consists of developing novel non-invasive skin
microfluidic devices to monitor DM complications related biomarkers. Project 2 will investigate the
genetic underpinnings of cerebrovascular disease in Native Hawaiians. Project 3 will study the molecular
mechanisms of DM-mediated cardiac autonomic dysfunction in a rodent model. The goals of the Metabolic and
Analytic Core (MAC) of this Phase 2 COBRE will be achieved through the following specific aims: 1) Enhance
the MAC by expanding services for the growing number of investigators interested in DM and 2) Provide genomic
services and access to in silico analysis of variation associated with DM. The MAC will continue to support the
goal of our COBRE grant, to create a sustainable resource for the local scientific community conducting
meritorious research in DM and its’ complications at UHM and in Hawaiʻi.
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## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10850469
- **Project number:** 2P20GM113134-06A1
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA
- **Principal Investigator:** OLIVIER LE SAUX
- **Activity code:** P20 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2024
- **Award amount:** $397,510
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 2017-08-01 → 2029-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10850469

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10850469, Metabolic and Analytic Core (2P20GM113134-06A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10850469. Licensed CC0.

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