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Grants Nonprofit organizations interested in applying for grants through the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation should follow the application process and criteria provided in the Grant Guidelines. Download the Grant Guidelines (PDF, 105k) Grantee Research Results Learn about past and current grantees |
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Past and Current Grantees of The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation Research
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Dan Stein, M.D. and C.J. Isaacson, PhD.
American Associates Ben Gurion University of the Negev“Metabolic Impact Study” - August 2002 C.J. Isaacson, Ph.D. “Controlled Carbohydrate Assessment Registry Bank Study” - September 2002 Judith Wylie-Rosett, Ed.D., R.D. “Diabetes Dietary Study” - August 2004 [Ongoing with follow-up]
Iris Shai, Ph.D., R.D.
CAMC Health Education and Research Institute“Dietary Intervention - Randomized Controlled Trial (DIRECT)” - August 2004 “Dietary Intervention - Randomized Controlled Trial (DIRECT): PART 2: Measurements of Carotid Plaque Volume by Three-Dimensional Ultrasound” - November 2004 Stephen Sondike, M.D.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center “The Efficacy of a Low Carbohydrate Diet in Treatment of Adolescents with Type II Diabetes” - April 2006 Robert M. Siegel, M.D.
Duke University “Office-Based Low Carbohydrate Diet Intervention in Children” - August 2004 [Ongoing with follow-up]
Eric Westman, M.D., M.H.S.
Johns Hopkins University “A Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Very-Low Carbohydrate Diet vs. a Low Glycemic Diet for Type II Diabetes” - January 2004 Robert C. Atkins and Veronica Atkins Research Fund for Nutrition and Metabolism - July 2005 Stephen J. Freedland, M.D. “Preclinical Validation Trial of Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet on Prostate Cancer Growth and Progression” - June 2006 Eric Kossoff, M.D.
Mount Sinai School of Medicine“Study of the Use of the Atkins Diet for Children with Intractable Epilepsy” - September 2004 Giulio Maria Pasinetti, M.D., PH.D.
Research Foundation of State University of New York“The Potential Beneficial Role of a Low Carbohydrate Diet In Alzheimer's Disease (in both mice and humans)”- April 2005 Eugene J. Fine, M.D.
Rogosin Institute “A Pilot Feasibility Study of a Low Carbohydrate Diet in Patients with Advanced Cancer” - September 2005
Lisa C. Hudgins, M.D.
Sesame Workshop“Sensitivity to Fructose Induced Palmitate Synthesis in End-Stage Renal Disease” - August 2004 “The Influence of Educational Media on Children's Healthy Food Choices” - August 2005 Thomas Jefferson University: Farber Institute for Neurosciences Sam Gandy, M.D., Ph.D.
Trustees of Tufts College“High Fat Diets in Amyloid-Plaque-Forming Mice and Their Effect on Brain (Alzheimer's disease)” - December 2005 Christina Economos, Ph.D.
University of Arizona“Children in Balance - HEAT (Healthy Eating Active Time) On-Line After-School Nutrition and Physical Activity Training Evaluation” - January 2007 Cynthia Thomson, Ph.D., R.D.
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences“Optimizing Diet for Weight Loss Success in the Individual Breast Cancer Survivor” - March 2006 Dr. Charles P. Lambert Fellowship [Research transferred to Washington University School of Medicine] - October 2005
University of Connecticut Jeff Volek, Ph.D., R.D.
University of Southern California “Effects of a Ketogenic Diet on Flow-Medicated Vasodilatation of the Brachial Artery and Makers of Endothelial Dysfunction and Vascular Inflammation” - May 2004
Michael Goran, Ph.D.
Yale University“A Novel Nutritional Approach to Prevent Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Low Income Hispanic Families” - September 2004 Jaimie Davis, Ph.D. “Development and Testing of a One Year Maintenance Intervention to Reduce Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes in Latino and African American Adolescents” - July 2006 (Follow-up to above study) Raymond Russell, M.D., Ph.D.
“Effects of a High-Protein Ketogenic Diet on Myocardial Metabolism” - July 2005 Education
Free the Children U.S.A. Life in Action Program - May 2006 Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center “Nutritional and Metabolic Aspects of Low Carbohydrate Diets” (Conference) - December 2003 McGill University 2006 Health Challenge Think Tank: “To Accelerate the Prevention of Childhood Obesity Around the World: Forging a Social Action Plan that Works” - May 2006 Nutrition and Fitness for a Healthy New York “School Based Program to Combat Obesity in the State of New York” (Start-Up Project) - August 2004 Trust for America's Health Planning grant for “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America” - 2004-05 Centers of Excellence
Barnes-Jewish Hospital Foundation The Veronica and Robert Atkins Center of Excellence in Obesity Medicine University of California, Berkeley The Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Center for Weight and Health Awards and Endowments
Columbia University Medical Center The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship of Obesity Research Duke University School of Medicine The Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Nutrition and Metabolism Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Metabolic Diseases Rogosin Institute Core Laboratory - August 2005 Trustees of Tufts College The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Metabolism and Nutrition University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Dr. Charles P. Lambert Fellowship [Research transferred to Washington University School of Medicine] University of Connecticut Foundation Jeff Volek, Ph.D., R.D. Department of Kinesiology Research Fund - April 2006 University of Michigan Medical School The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Professorship in Metabolism University of Southern California Veronica Atkins Lifestyles Intervention Laboratory - January 2006 University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Chair in Childhood Obesity and Diabetes University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Chair in Obesity and Diabetes Research Washington University School of Medicine Dr. Robert C. Atkins Professorship in Medicine and Obesity Research |
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