FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Dermatology at Mass General Brigham
Boston, MA · Sum of member hospitals
- NIH names only the principal investigators on an award, so this page lists only them. The department is the award's: it is where ScienceDex counts the award, not a list of the department's members.
- NIH gives hospital awards no department code. Each counts under its contact PI's own department, from their PubMed affiliations, or under a department inferred from the award's topic when no affiliation names one. Each award below says which. How departments are assigned
- Awards at Mass General Brigham's member hospitals under the department-ranking rules: awards with a department, R&D contracts left out. They match Mass General Brigham's Dermatology row on the system page.
By member hospital
Where NIH made these awards. Each hospital's page lists its own investigators.
Leads a grant in this department
40 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
David E Fisher
Leads 3 awards · $3,734,470
- 5P01CA163222-13Department: investigator's affiliationTargetable epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms in melanoma thatshape the microenvironment
Principal investigators: David E Fisher (contact PI), David Liu (contact PI), Kai W Wucherpfennig (contact PI), Leonard Ira Zon (contact PI)
$2,734,241award amount - 5R01AR043369-30Department: investigator's affiliationMITF from control of pigmentation to melanoma risk$511,332award amount
- 5R01AR072304-09Department: investigator's affiliationTherapeutic strategies for treatment of giant congenital melanocytic nevi$488,897award amount
David Liu
Leads 1 award · $2,734,241
- 5P01CA163222-13Department: investigator's affiliationTargetable epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms in melanoma thatshape the microenvironment
Principal investigators: David E Fisher (contact PI), David Liu (contact PI), Kai W Wucherpfennig (contact PI), Leonard Ira Zon (contact PI)
$2,734,241award amount
Kai W Wucherpfennig
Leads 1 award · $2,734,241
- 5P01CA163222-13Department: investigator's affiliationTargetable epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms in melanoma thatshape the microenvironment
Principal investigators: David E Fisher (contact PI), David Liu (contact PI), Kai W Wucherpfennig (contact PI), Leonard Ira Zon (contact PI)
$2,734,241award amount
Leonard Ira Zon
Leads 1 award · $2,734,241
- 5P01CA163222-13Department: investigator's affiliationTargetable epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms in melanoma thatshape the microenvironment
Principal investigators: David E Fisher (contact PI), David Liu (contact PI), Kai W Wucherpfennig (contact PI), Leonard Ira Zon (contact PI)
$2,734,241award amount
John E Harris
Leads 2 awards · $2,423,266
- 7P50AR080593-05Department: investigator's affiliationDissecting Functional Autoimmunity through High-Resolution Multiomics in a Vitiligo Center of Research Translation (V-CoRT)
Principal investigators: John E Harris (contact PI), Long Cai (contact PI), Sally Choate Kent (contact PI)
$1,368,931award amount - 7U01AI176310-04Department: investigator's affiliationPredictive drivers of new onset, relapse, and progression of human autoimmunity in skin
Principal investigators: John E Harris (contact PI), Manuel Garber, Mehdi Rashighi
$1,054,335award amount
Tayyaba Hasan
Leads 2 awards · $2,268,134
- 5P01CA084203-20Department: investigator's affiliationPhotodynamic Priming of Cancer and Image-guidance for Optimal Immune Response
Principal investigators: Brian William Pogue (contact PI), Bryan Quilty Spring (contact PI), Edward V Maytin (contact PI), Tayyaba Hasan (contact PI), Vinay Chandrasekhara (contact PI)
$1,206,614award amount - 1S10OD040131-01Department: investigator's affiliationVisualSonics Vevo F2 LAZR-X20 Photoacoustic and Ultrasound Imaging System$1,061,520award amount
Benjamin James Vakoc
Leads 3 awards · $2,213,308
- 5P41EB015903-15Department: investigator's affiliationCenter for Biomedical OCT Research and Translation
Principal investigators: Benjamin James Vakoc (contact PI), Brett E Bouma (contact PI), Jacqueline Namati (contact PI), Martin Villiger (contact PI)
$1,259,558award amount - 1R01EY038797-01Department: investigator's affiliationLow-Cost Ultra-Widefield Retinal OCT Technology Based on Photonic-Electronic Integration$753,787award amount
- 5R21EY037019-02Department: investigator's affiliationAuto-sensing, instantaneous adaptive ranging OCT$199,963award amount
Shadmehr Demehri
Leads 3 awards · $2,157,842
- 4UH3CA290300-03Department: investigator's affiliationImmunosurveillance of breast glands with oncogenic germline mutations$892,792award amount
- 5R01CA276115-03Department: investigator's affiliationInterplay of natural killer cells and extracellular matrix proteins in solid cancers$660,987award amount
- 5R01CA283214-03Department: investigator's affiliationInterleukin 33 Regulation for Cancer Prevention in Chronic Inflammation$604,063award amount
Thomas S. Kupper
Leads 3 awards · $1,911,336
- 5R01AI175582-03Department: investigator's affiliationSkin vaccination and generation of protective lung-tropic memory T cells$940,602award amount
- 5R01CA279457-04Department: investigator's affiliationUsing the IL-1R1 and its ligands to optimize the T cell immune response to cancer$618,308award amount
- 2T32AR007098-52Department: investigator's affiliationDermatology Training Grant$352,426award amount
Seok-Hyun Andy Yun
Leads 3 awards · $1,676,949
- 1R01EY038655-01Department: investigator's affiliationHigh-resolution corneal hydration mapping using Brillouin microscopy$643,357award amount
- 5R01EY034857-04Department: investigator's affiliationIn vivo high-resolution mapping of the elastic moduli and tensile stress in the human cornea$554,898award amount
- 5R01EB034687-04Department: investigator's affiliationMulti-color laser particles for high-throughput pooled analysis$478,694award amount
Sherrie Jill Divito
Leads 3 awards · $1,450,032
- 5R01AI181221-03Department: investigator's affiliationInterrogating Clonal Repertoire in Drug Hypersensitivity Reactions
Principal investigators: Sherrie Jill Divito (contact PI), Manuel Garber
$865,521award amount - 5UG3AI190114-02Department: investigator's affiliationHarnessing translational research to advance understanding and clinical care in antibiotic allergy$434,854award amount
- 3UG3AI190114-02S1Department: investigator's affiliationHarnessing translational research to advance understanding and clinical care in antibiotic allergy$149,657award amount
Long Cai
Leads 1 award · $1,368,931
- 7P50AR080593-05Department: investigator's affiliationDissecting Functional Autoimmunity through High-Resolution Multiomics in a Vitiligo Center of Research Translation (V-CoRT)
Principal investigators: John E Harris (contact PI), Long Cai (contact PI), Sally Choate Kent (contact PI)
$1,368,931award amount
Sally Choate Kent
Leads 1 award · $1,368,931
- 7P50AR080593-05Department: investigator's affiliationDissecting Functional Autoimmunity through High-Resolution Multiomics in a Vitiligo Center of Research Translation (V-CoRT)
Principal investigators: John E Harris (contact PI), Long Cai (contact PI), Sally Choate Kent (contact PI)
$1,368,931award amount
Brett E Bouma
Leads 1 award · $1,259,558
- 5P41EB015903-15Department: investigator's affiliationCenter for Biomedical OCT Research and Translation
Principal investigators: Benjamin James Vakoc (contact PI), Brett E Bouma (contact PI), Jacqueline Namati (contact PI), Martin Villiger (contact PI)
$1,259,558award amount
Jacqueline Namati
Leads 1 award · $1,259,558
- 5P41EB015903-15Department: investigator's affiliationCenter for Biomedical OCT Research and Translation
Principal investigators: Benjamin James Vakoc (contact PI), Brett E Bouma (contact PI), Jacqueline Namati (contact PI), Martin Villiger (contact PI)
$1,259,558award amount
Martin Villiger
Leads 1 award · $1,259,558
- 5P41EB015903-15Department: investigator's affiliationCenter for Biomedical OCT Research and Translation
Principal investigators: Benjamin James Vakoc (contact PI), Brett E Bouma (contact PI), Jacqueline Namati (contact PI), Martin Villiger (contact PI)
$1,259,558award amount
Brian William Pogue
Leads 1 award · $1,206,614
- 5P01CA084203-20Department: investigator's affiliationPhotodynamic Priming of Cancer and Image-guidance for Optimal Immune Response
Principal investigators: Brian William Pogue (contact PI), Bryan Quilty Spring (contact PI), Edward V Maytin (contact PI), Tayyaba Hasan (contact PI), Vinay Chandrasekhara (contact PI)
$1,206,614award amount
Bryan Quilty Spring
Leads 1 award · $1,206,614
- 5P01CA084203-20Department: investigator's affiliationPhotodynamic Priming of Cancer and Image-guidance for Optimal Immune Response
Principal investigators: Brian William Pogue (contact PI), Bryan Quilty Spring (contact PI), Edward V Maytin (contact PI), Tayyaba Hasan (contact PI), Vinay Chandrasekhara (contact PI)
$1,206,614award amount
Edward V Maytin
Leads 1 award · $1,206,614
- 5P01CA084203-20Department: investigator's affiliationPhotodynamic Priming of Cancer and Image-guidance for Optimal Immune Response
Principal investigators: Brian William Pogue (contact PI), Bryan Quilty Spring (contact PI), Edward V Maytin (contact PI), Tayyaba Hasan (contact PI), Vinay Chandrasekhara (contact PI)
$1,206,614award amount
Vinay Chandrasekhara
Leads 1 award · $1,206,614
- 5P01CA084203-20Department: investigator's affiliationPhotodynamic Priming of Cancer and Image-guidance for Optimal Immune Response
Principal investigators: Brian William Pogue (contact PI), Bryan Quilty Spring (contact PI), Edward V Maytin (contact PI), Tayyaba Hasan (contact PI), Vinay Chandrasekhara (contact PI)
$1,206,614award amount
Mei X Wu
Leads 2 awards · $1,112,346
- 5R01AI194296-02Department: investigator's affiliationSpatial and Temporal Adjuvant Delivery for Skin mRNA Vaccination$709,833award amount
- 5R01AI153528-05Department: investigator's affiliationA new mucosal adjuvant for augmenting influenza vaccines in elderly$402,513award amount
Tianhong Dai
Leads 2 awards · $978,754
- 5R01AI177563-03Department: investigator's affiliationCombination of Antimicrobial Blue Light and Antibiotics to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria
Principal investigators: Tianhong Dai (contact PI), David C Hooper
$773,082award amount - 1R21AI199075-01Department: investigator's affiliationA Novel Photonic Central Venous Catheter for Mitigation of Catheter-Associated Infections$205,672award amount
Conor Lee Evans
Leads 1 award · $727,589
- 5R01HL175892-03Department: investigator's affiliationBlood Gas Analysis Without the Laboratory
Principal investigators: Conor Lee Evans (contact PI), Aaron D Aguirre
$727,589award amount
Seemantini K Nadkarni
Leads 1 award · $720,506
- 5R01HL142272-06Department: investigator's affiliationIntegrated Coagulation Sensing to Predict Hemorrhage and Guide Transfusions
Principal investigators: Seemantini K Nadkarni (contact PI), Christoph Gunther Stanislaw Nabzdyk
$720,506award amount
Charles P. Lin
Leads 1 award · $698,565
- 5R01HL166266-03Department: investigator's affiliationHeterogeneity of bone marrow cavities shaping the hematopoietic microenvironment$698,565award amount
Rachael Ann Clark
Leads 1 award · $589,496
- 5U01AI189403-02Department: investigator's affiliationIdentification and non-invasive measurement of biomarkers of radiation exposure in human skin
Principal investigators: Rachael Ann Clark (contact PI), Vel Murugan
$589,496award amount
Steven Russell Barthel
Leads 1 award · $580,194
- 5R01CA258637-05Department: investigator's affiliationCell type-directed Tim-3 targeting in melanoma
Principal investigators: Steven Russell Barthel (contact PI), Tobias Schatton
$580,194award amount
Ethan A Lerner
Leads 1 award · $578,533
- 5R01AR082401-03Department: investigator's affiliationNeuronal MRGPR signaling in itch and allergic skin inflammation$578,533award amount
Alexander Georg Marneros
Leads 2 awards · $563,259
- 5R01EY033709-04Department: investigator's affiliationCellular and molecular mechanisms of AIM2 and NLRP3 inflammasome activation in age-related macular degeneration$496,689award amount
- 3R01EY033360-04S1Department: investigator's affiliationProangiogenic M2-type macrophages and choroidal neovascularization$66,570award amount
David Branch Moody
Leads 1 award · $551,761
- 5R37AR048632-25Department: topic-inferredCD1 autoreactive T cells in human inflammatory skin disease$551,761award amount
Nichaluk Leartprapun
Leads 1 award · $206,250
- 1R21EB038494-01Department: investigator's affiliationIntegrated mechano-arthroscope for minimally invasive assessment of joint pathologies$206,250award amount
Yevgeniy R Semenov
Leads 1 award · $176,040
- 5K23AR080791-04Department: investigator's affiliationPredictive modeling of cutaneous immune checkpoint inhibitor toxicities$176,040award amount
Lourdes Perez Chada
Leads 1 award · $173,880
- 5K23AR084074-03Department: investigator's affiliationLongitudinal relationships among sleep health, systemic inflammation, and disease activity in psoriatic arthritis$173,880award amount
John Barbieri
Leads 1 award · $171,558
- 5K23AR078930-05Department: investigator's affiliationApplying Item Response Theory to Improve Patient Reported Outcome Use in Dermatology Clinical Practice$171,558award amount
Jeffrey Scott Smith
Leads 1 award · $170,264
- 5K08AR084617-03Department: investigator's affiliationBiochemical Determinants of Chemokine Receptor Signaling$170,264award amount
Jean Suh McGee
Leads 1 award · $169,884
- 5K23AR080203-05Department: investigator's affiliationMulti-omic Studies of Local and Systemic Immune Dysregulation in Rosacea$169,884award amount
Yongli Li
Leads 1 award · $156,276
- 5K01DK140529-03Department: investigator's affiliationDiagnosis, Treatment, and Monitoring of Polymicrobial Infections in Diabetic Wounds$156,276award amount
Peng Xia
Leads 1 award · $129,330
- 5K01AG080077-04Department: investigator's affiliationThe role of endothelial ActRII signaling in age-related Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF)$129,330award amount
Charles Hank Adelmann
Leads 1 award · $107,784
- 1K99AR084551-01A1Department: investigator's affiliationNon-canonical transcriptional activation of MITF in pigment cells.$107,784award amount
Po-Yi Lee
Leads 1 award · $82,480
- 1F32EY037508-01A1Department: investigator's affiliationMultifunctional Imaging of the Optic Nerve Head in Glaucoma$82,480award amount
Co-investigators
Named as principal investigators on these awards, which someone else leads. They may belong to another department or institution: their own, below, comes from the awards they lead.
Manuel Garber
Co-investigator on 7U01AI176310-04, led by John E Harris; 5R01AI181221-03, led by Sherrie Jill Divito
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester (no department on record, 1 award)
Mehdi Rashighi
Co-investigator on 7U01AI176310-04, led by John E Harris
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
David C Hooper
Co-investigator on 5R01AI177563-03, led by Tianhong Dai
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · Ophthalmology (investigator's affiliation, 1 award)
Aaron D Aguirre
Co-investigator on 5R01HL175892-03, led by Conor Lee Evans
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Massachusetts General Hospital · Anesthesiology (topic-inferred, 1 award)
Christoph Gunther Stanislaw Nabzdyk
Co-investigator on 5R01HL142272-06, led by Seemantini K Nadkarni
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Vel Murugan
Co-investigator on 5U01AI189403-02, led by Rachael Ann Clark
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Arizona State University · Miscellaneous (NIH department code, 1 award)
Tobias Schatton
Co-investigator on 5R01CA258637-05, led by Steven Russell Barthel
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (no department on record, 1 award)