Adventhealth Translational Research Institute

This study aims to find better ways to detect type 1 diabetes early by measuring specific substances in the blood. Researchers are comparing 28 teenagers recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes to healthy teens to identify biological markers that could signal the disease sooner. …

This study aims to understand how a low-carbohydrate diet combined with a specific medication (an SGLT2 inhibitor) affects ketone levels in the blood. It involves 9 healthy adult volunteers who will follow a controlled diet while taking the drug. The goal is to see if this combin…

This early-stage study aims to understand how much glucagon—a natural hormone—obese adults can tolerate before experiencing significant nausea. Researchers will slowly increase glucagon doses in 20 healthy obese volunteers while monitoring their nausea levels. The goal is to gath…

This early-stage study aims to understand if giving the hormone glucagon continuously for three days changes how much energy the body uses. It will involve 30 healthy adults with obesity who do not have diabetes. Researchers will compare the effects of a glucagon infusion to a pl…

This study aims to discover the natural chemicals released by muscles during exercise that help the body burn fat. Researchers will compare lean, obese, and athletic volunteers by taking muscle and blood samples before and after exercise. The goal is to identify these 'exercise s…

This study aims to understand why people store body fat in different patterns, often called 'apple' shape (around the belly) versus 'pear' shape (around the hips and thighs). Researchers are collecting small fat tissue samples from 27 healthy men and women to analyze the biologic…