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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at Boston University

Boston, MA

Funding
$60M
$60,010,707
Awards
74
FY2026 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
85
55 lead a grant here, 30 co-investigators
Department rank
#26
of 133 · Ranking
  • 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.
  • These are the awards in the Internal Medicine row of the Boston University page.

Leads a grant in this department

55 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.

  1. Tuhina Neogi

    Leads 5 awards · $10,804,147

    • 5U19AG076471-04Department: NIH department code
      Novel Insights into Osteoarthritis, Pain and Function: MOST4

      Principal investigators: David Tobin Felson (contact PI), Michael C Nevitt (contact PI), Michael Paul Lavalley (contact PI), Peggy Mannen Cawthon (contact PI), Tuhina Neogi (contact PI)

      $9,287,161
      award amount
    • 5P30AR072571-08Department: NIH department code
      Boston University CCCR

      Principal investigators: Michael Paul Lavalley (contact PI), Tuhina Neogi (contact PI)

      $830,995
      award amount
    • 5R01NS121419-05Department: NIH department code
      PRROPS: Pathways of Risk and Resilience for Overlapping Pain and Sensitization

      Principal investigators: Tuhina Neogi (contact PI), Emelia J. Benjamin, Robert R Edwards

      $505,822
      award amount
    • 2K24AR070892-06Department: NIH department code
      Intra-articular calcification in osteoarthritis: characterization of a clinically relevant phenotype
      $180,168
      award amount
    • 5T32AR080623-05Department: NIH department code
      Boston University Rheumatology Research Training (BURRT) T32 Program
      $1
      award amount
  2. Michael Paul Lavalley

    Leads 2 awards · $10,118,156

  3. Lindsay A. Farrer

    Leads 7 awards · $9,485,319

    • 2U19AG068753-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Precision Monitoring and Assessment in the Framingham Study: Cognitive, MRI, Genetic and Biomarker Precursors of AD & Dementia

      Principal investigators: Lindsay A. Farrer (contact PI), Rhoda Au (contact PI), Thor Stein (contact PI), Ting Fang Alvin Ang (contact PI), Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Jesse Benjamin Mez

      $6,300,568
      award amount
    • 5U01AG081230-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Studies of Alzheimer's Disease in Jewish Populations

      Principal investigators: Lindsay A. Farrer (contact PI), Richard Sherva

      $1,503,272
      award amount
    • 5U01AG082665-03Department: NIH department code
      APOE Genotype Mediated Effects on Alzheimer Disease Risk and Mechanisms

      Principal investigators: Lindsay A. Farrer (contact PI), Benjamin L Wolozin, Gyungah Jun

      $795,428
      award amount
    • 2R01AG048927-11A1Department: NIH department code
      Alzheimer Disease Genetic Architecture in African Americans
      $679,231
      award amount
    • 3U01AG081230-04S1Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Studies of Alzheimer's Disease in Jewish and Arab Populations

      Principal investigators: Lindsay A. Farrer (contact PI), Richard Sherva

      $119,340
      award amount
    • 3U01AG081230-04S2Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Studies of Alzheimer's Disease in Jewish and Arab Populations

      Principal investigators: Lindsay A. Farrer (contact PI), Richard Sherva

      $43,740
      award amount
    • 3U01AG081230-04S3Department: NIH department code
      Genetic Studies of Alzheimer's Disease in Jewish and Arab Populations

      Principal investigators: Lindsay A. Farrer (contact PI), Richard Sherva

      $43,740
      award amount
  4. David Tobin Felson

    Leads 1 award · $9,287,161

  5. Michael C Nevitt

    Leads 1 award · $9,287,161

  6. Peggy Mannen Cawthon

    Leads 1 award · $9,287,161

  7. Rhoda Au

    Leads 1 award · $6,300,568

  8. Thor Stein

    Leads 1 award · $6,300,568

  9. Ting Fang Alvin Ang

    Leads 1 award · $6,300,568

  10. Markus Bosmann

    Leads 5 awards · $4,674,408

    • 1R01HL181357-01A1Department: NIH department code
      PACC1 in host defense against bacterial infections and sepsis
      $1,618,716
      award amount
    • 1R01HL181444-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The Protective Role of GNB2 in Macrophages during Legionella Pneumonia
      $1,580,582
      award amount
    • 1R01DK146216-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the Role of Bacterial Polyphosphates in Intestinal Immune Networks
      $703,748
      award amount
    • 5R01HL166588-04Department: NIH department code
      Interleukin-27 in host response to Legionella infection
      $689,612
      award amount
    • 1R03AI203321-01Department: NIH department code
      Generation of C5aR-TurboID mice
      $81,750
      award amount
  11. Darrell N. Kotton

    Leads 3 awards · $4,474,842

    • 5P01HL170952-03Department: NIH department code
      Developing Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model and Treat Lung Disease

      Principal investigators: Andrew A Wilson (contact PI), Darrell N. Kotton (contact PI), Finn Hawkins (contact PI), Konstantinos Alysandratos (contact PI)

      $2,784,712
      award amount
    • 2U01HL148692-03Department: NIH department code
      Generation of functional lung stem cells from human iPSCs

      Principal investigators: Darrell N. Kotton (contact PI), Finn Hawkins

      $1,140,719
      award amount
    • 5R01HL095993-15Department: NIH department code
      Derivation of lung epithelia from iPS cells for advanced disease modeling
      $549,411
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32HL007035-51, led by Joseph P Mizgerd; 2R01DK105029-10A1, led by Anthony N Hollenberg; 5R38HL143584-07, led by Vanessa Xanthakis.

  12. Joseph P Mizgerd

    Leads 4 awards · $4,042,943

    • 1R01HL181432-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Lung interstitial macrophages and bacterial pneumonia
      $1,605,354
      award amount
    • 2T32HL007035-51Department: NIH department code
      Biology of the Lung: A Multidisciplinary Program

      Principal investigators: Joseph P Mizgerd (contact PI), Darrell N. Kotton

      $933,770
      award amount
    • 5R01AI162850-05Department: NIH department code
      Pulmonary pathophysiology sub-phenotypes of pneumonia
      $762,002
      award amount
    • 5R01HL171499-03Department: NIH department code
      Fibrin in the Infected Lung
      $741,817
      award amount
  13. Astrid M Suchy-Dicey

    Leads 3 awards · $3,809,128

    • 5R01AG082046-03Department: NIH department code
      Lifetime stressors and Alzheimer's Disease genetic variants and biomarkers in relation to cognitive decline among Black Women'sHealth Study participants.

      Principal investigators: Astrid M Suchy-Dicey (contact PI), Lisa L Barnes

      $2,516,726
      award amount
    • 5R01AG077948-05Department: NIH department code
      The influence of socioeconomic conditions on the incidence of Alzheimer’s Disease in BWHS
      $706,655
      award amount
    • 5R01AG071677-05Department: NIH department code
      Psychological risk factors, quality of life, community, and brain aging in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study
      $585,747
      award amount
  14. Andrew A Wilson

    Leads 2 awards · $3,542,810

    • 5P01HL170952-03Department: NIH department code
      Developing Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model and Treat Lung Disease

      Principal investigators: Andrew A Wilson (contact PI), Darrell N. Kotton (contact PI), Finn Hawkins (contact PI), Konstantinos Alysandratos (contact PI)

      $2,784,712
      award amount
    • 5R01HL166407-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanistic studies of the genetic contribution of desmoplakin to pulmonary fibrosis in alveolar type 2 cells

      Principal investigators: Andrew A Wilson (contact PI), Anny Xiaobo Zhou

      $758,098
      award amount
  15. Konstantinos Alysandratos

    Leads 2 awards · $2,946,928

    • 5P01HL170952-03Department: NIH department code
      Developing Pluripotent Stem Cells to Model and Treat Lung Disease

      Principal investigators: Andrew A Wilson (contact PI), Darrell N. Kotton (contact PI), Finn Hawkins (contact PI), Konstantinos Alysandratos (contact PI)

      $2,784,712
      award amount
    • 5K08HL163494-04Department: NIH department code
      Utilizing induced pluripotent stem cells to study the role of alveolar type 2 cell dysfunction in pulmonary fibrosis
      $162,216
      award amount
  16. Finn Hawkins

    Leads 1 award · $2,784,712

    Also a principal investigator on 2U01HL148692-03, led by Darrell N. Kotton.

  17. Julie R Palmer

    Leads 1 award · $2,187,560

  18. Elizabeth S Klings

    Leads 1 award · $1,668,912

    • 1R01HL179187-01A1Department: NIH department code
      STOP-SCD-VTE: STudy of anticoagulation Outcomes and Practice patterns for patients with Sickle Cell Disease and Venous ThromboEmbolism

      Principal investigators: Elizabeth S Klings (contact PI), Allan J. Walkey

      $1,668,912
      award amount
  19. Marc Elliott Lenburg

    Leads 2 awards · $1,603,179

  20. Matthew G. Nayor

    Leads 1 award · $1,421,171

    • 5R01HL131029-08Department: NIH department code
      Proteomic Profiling of Precise Exercise Pathophenotypes Across the HFpEF Spectrum

      Principal investigators: Matthew G. Nayor (contact PI), Gregory Dyer Lewis, Ravi Shah

      $1,421,171
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32HL125232-11, led by Vanessa Xanthakis; 5R38HL143584-07, led by Vanessa Xanthakis.

  21. Jessica L Fetterman

    Leads 1 award · $1,397,600

    • 5R01HL176818-02Department: NIH department code
      Creation of the Framingham Heart Study Cardiovascular Biobank and Atlas

      Principal investigators: Jessica L Fetterman (contact PI), Deepa Mangalat Gopal

      $1,397,600
      award amount
  22. Emelia J. Benjamin

    Leads 3 awards · $1,297,426

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01NS121419-05, led by Tuhina Neogi.

  23. Chao Zhang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,241,239

    • 1R01DK149216-01Department: NIH department code
      Enhanced AI-Driven Transmission Electron Microscopy Image Analysis for Simplified Kidney Biopsy Pathology Diagnosis
      $791,614
      award amount
    • 1R35GM164095-01Department: NIH department code
      A Deep Learning Framework for Discovering Temporal Changes in Host-Microbiome Interactions
      $449,625
      award amount
  24. Michael J Palazzolo

    Leads 1 award · $961,807

  25. Steven M. Dubinett

    Leads 1 award · $961,807

  26. Joshua D Campbell

    Leads 2 awards · $927,067

    • 1U01CA313003-01Department: NIH department code
      Integrative biomarkers to improve clinical management of lung ground glass nodules

      Principal investigators: Joshua D Campbell (contact PI), Daniel Thomas Merrick, Nathaniel M Ivanick, Sarah Anne Mazzilli

      $721,894
      award amount
    • 5R01CA248920-06Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the mechanisms of driver genes associated with ancestry and aggressiveness in prostate cancer
      $205,173
      award amount
  27. Francesca Seta

    Leads 2 awards · $905,038

    • 5R01HL175424-02Department: NIH department code
      Thiol redox signaling in aortic aneurysm

      Principal investigators: Francesca Seta (contact PI), Jingyan Han

      $782,413
      award amount
    • 5R21HL173511-02Department: NIH department code
      iPSC-derived VSMC for high-throughput screening of small molecules for aortic aneurysm
      $122,625
      award amount
  28. Giovanni Ligresti

    Leads 1 award · $828,606

    • 2R01HL142596-06A1Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic regulation of pulmonary fibrosis
      $828,606
      award amount
  29. Vanessa Xanthakis

    Leads 2 awards · $759,789

  30. Xiaoling Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $750,770

    • 5R01AG096052-02Department: NIH department code
      tRNA modifications regulating mitochondrial function and the mitochondrial proteome in AD/ADRD

      Principal investigators: Xiaoling Zhang (contact PI), Benjamin L Wolozin, Peter C Dedon

      $750,770
      award amount
  31. Naomi Miriam Hamburg

    Leads 1 award · $739,545

    • 5R01HL168889-04Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial Cell Health Across the Spectrum of Cardiometabolic Disease

      Principal investigators: Naomi Miriam Hamburg (contact PI), Jennifer E Ho

      $739,545
      award amount
  32. Anica C Law

    Leads 1 award · $710,056

    • 5R01HL179666-02Department: NIH department code
      Quantifying Uncertainty to Inform Time-Limited Trials of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation
      $710,056
      award amount
  33. Noyan Gokce

    Leads 1 award · $675,616

    • 5R01HL173978-02Department: NIH department code
      Identifying environmental pollutants detrimental to the cardiovascular system

      Principal investigators: Noyan Gokce (contact PI), Jennifer J Schlezinger

      $675,616
      award amount
  34. Victoria L Herrera

    Leads 1 award · $674,218

    • 5R61NS135285-02Department: NIH department code
      Advancing a Prognostic and Monitoring Biomarker of Neutrophil-driven Secondary Brain Injury in Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage for Neurotherapeutics Development

      Principal investigators: Victoria L Herrera (contact PI), David Matthew Greer

      $674,218
      award amount
  35. Anthony N Hollenberg

    Leads 1 award · $576,651

    • 2R01DK105029-10A1Department: NIH department code
      Thyroid Follicular Cell Signaling and Development in Humans

      Principal investigators: Anthony N Hollenberg (contact PI), Darrell N. Kotton

      $576,651
      award amount
  36. Maria Trojanowska

    Leads 1 award · $525,939

    • 5R01AR080950-05Department: NIH department code
      Lymphatic ERG signaling in scleroderma fibrosis
      $525,939
      award amount
  37. Nicole L Spartano

    Leads 1 award · $317,651

    • 5R01DK129305-05Department: NIH department code
      Continuous glucose monitoring: determinants and prediction of diabetes mellitus development in the Framingham Heart Study
      $317,651
      award amount
  38. Andrew J Henderson

    Leads 2 awards · $296,743

  39. Igor Kramnik

    Leads 1 award · $245,250

    • 1R21AI190989-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of the alternative macrophage activation in TB
      $245,250
      award amount
  40. Vijaya B. Kolachalama

    Leads 1 award · $245,250

    • 1R03DC023134-01Department: NIH department code
      Privacy-preserving and scalable voice-based tools for cognitive assessment
      $245,250
      award amount
  41. Yang Jin

    Leads 1 award · $245,250

    • 5R01HL173893-02Department: NIH department code
      Novel mechanistic insights of inflammation and organ injury
      $245,250
      award amount
  42. Justin Kwan Lui

    Leads 1 award · $193,714

    • 1K23HL185926-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of B-cells in Systemic Sclerosis-related Pulmonary Hypertension
      $193,714
      award amount
  43. Jean Wai Liew

    Leads 1 award · $171,826

    • 5K23AR082938-03Department: NIH department code
      The role of vitamin K in knee osteoarthritis outcomes
      $171,826
      award amount
  44. Nicholas A Bosch

    Leads 1 award · $169,452

    • 5K23HL173709-03Department: NIH department code
      A Learning Health System Approach to Improve the Effectiveness of Blood Transfusions during Septic Shock
      $169,452
      award amount
  45. Andrew Berical

    Leads 1 award · $166,752

    • 1K08HL181385-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Define the mechanisms through which STK33 regulates multiciliated cells
      $166,752
      award amount
  46. Joseph Emery Kaserman

    Leads 1 award · $166,752

    • 5K08DK140640-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Metabolic Dysregulation in ZZ Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Associated Liver Disease
      $166,752
      award amount
  47. Megan Jean Ritter

    Leads 1 award · $166,752

    • 5K08DK143315-02Department: NIH department code
      Nuclear Receptor Corepressor 1 and 2 and Their Role in Metabolism via Intestinal Actions
      $166,752
      award amount
  48. Andreea Monica Bujor

    Leads 1 award · $165,034

    • 5R01AR085317-02Department: NIH department code
      Assessing spatial frequency domain imaging as an objective quantification of longitudinal skin changes in scleroderma

      Principal investigators: Andreea Monica Bujor (contact PI), Darren Michael Roblyer

      $165,034
      award amount
  49. Carly Merritt

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HL170745-03Department: NIH department code
      Gain-of-function toxicity in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficient type 2 alveolar epithelial cells
      $55,114
      award amount
  50. Long Chu

    Leads 1 award · $53,114

    • 1F31AR087828-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Macrophage Extracellular Traps in Scleroderma - Systemic Sclerosis
      $53,114
      award amount
  51. Dilnar Mahmut

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31DK147955-01Department: NIH department code
      Endothelial cell therapy to repair the liver vascular network and alleviate liver diseases
      $50,114
      award amount
  52. Elise Armstrong

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31HL178234-02Department: NIH department code
      Lung interstitial macrophage remodeling during and after recovery from pneumococcal respiratory infection
      $50,114
      award amount
  53. Lucien Peter Garo

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31HL176388-03Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Proton-Activated Chloride Channel 1 (PACC1) in Bacterial Pneumonia and Sepsis
      $50,114
      award amount
  54. Madeline Rae Labott

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31HL186619-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating enhancement of engraftment potential in human hematopoietic stem cells
      $50,114
      award amount
  55. Zewde Ingram

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31HL184822-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of a conserved niche endothelial program directing hematopoietic stem cell migration
      $50,114
      award 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.

  • Donald M Lloyd-Jones

    Co-investigator on 2U19AG068753-06A1, led by Lindsay A. Farrer and Rhoda Au and Thor Stein and Ting Fang Alvin Ang

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jesse Benjamin Mez

    Co-investigator on 2U19AG068753-06A1, led by Lindsay A. Farrer and Rhoda Au and Thor Stein and Ting Fang Alvin Ang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Lisa L Barnes

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG082046-03, led by Astrid M Suchy-Dicey

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Kimberly A. Bertrand

    Co-investigator on 5U01CA164974-16, led by Julie R Palmer

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Yvette C Cozier

    Co-investigator on 5U01CA164974-16, led by Julie R Palmer

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Richard Sherva

    Co-investigator on 5U01AG081230-04, led by Lindsay A. Farrer; 3U01AG081230-04S1, led by Lindsay A. Farrer; 3U01AG081230-04S2, led by Lindsay A. Farrer; 3U01AG081230-04S3, led by Lindsay A. Farrer

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Allan J. Walkey

    Co-investigator on 1R01HL179187-01A1, led by Elizabeth S Klings

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Benjamin L Wolozin

    Co-investigator on 5U01AG082665-03, led by Lindsay A. Farrer; 5R01AG096052-02, led by Xiaoling Zhang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Gregory Dyer Lewis

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL131029-08, led by Matthew G. Nayor

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Ravi Shah

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL131029-08, led by Matthew G. Nayor

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Deepa Mangalat Gopal

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL176818-02, led by Jessica L Fetterman

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Elisha Wachman

    Co-investigator on 5K12AR085635-02, led by Emelia J. Benjamin; 3K12AR085635-02S1, led by Emelia J. Benjamin; 3K12AR085635-02S2, led by Emelia J. Benjamin

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Joyce Y Wong

    Co-investigator on 5K12AR085635-02, led by Emelia J. Benjamin; 3K12AR085635-02S1, led by Emelia J. Benjamin; 3K12AR085635-02S2, led by Emelia J. Benjamin

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jennifer Ellen Beane

    Co-investigator on 5U2CCA271898-05, led by Marc Elliott Lenburg and Michael J Palazzolo and Steven M. Dubinett

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • William Hsu

    Co-investigator on 5U2CCA271898-05, led by Marc Elliott Lenburg and Michael J Palazzolo and Steven M. Dubinett

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Gyungah Jun

    Co-investigator on 5U01AG082665-03, led by Lindsay A. Farrer

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Jingyan Han

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL175424-02, led by Francesca Seta

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Anny Xiaobo Zhou

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL166407-04, led by Andrew A Wilson

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Peter C Dedon

    Co-investigator on 5R01AG096052-02, led by Xiaoling Zhang

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Jennifer E Ho

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL168889-04, led by Naomi Miriam Hamburg

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Daniel Thomas Merrick

    Co-investigator on 1U01CA313003-01, led by Joshua D Campbell

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Nathaniel M Ivanick

    Co-investigator on 1U01CA313003-01, led by Joshua D Campbell

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Sarah Anne Mazzilli

    Co-investigator on 1U01CA313003-01, led by Joshua D Campbell

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Jennifer J Schlezinger

    Co-investigator on 5R01HL173978-02, led by Noyan Gokce

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • David Matthew Greer

    Co-investigator on 5R61NS135285-02, led by Victoria L Herrera

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Fabien Maldonado

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA275015-04, led by Marc Elliott Lenburg

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Robert R Edwards

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS121419-05, led by Tuhina Neogi

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Bernice T Dahn

    Co-investigator on 5D43TW011293-07, led by Andrew J Henderson; 3D43TW011293-07S1, led by Andrew J Henderson

    Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.

  • Patricia L Hibberd

    Co-investigator on 5D43TW011293-07, led by Andrew J Henderson; 3D43TW011293-07S1, led by Andrew J Henderson

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Darren Michael Roblyer

    Co-investigator on 5R01AR085317-02, led by Andreea Monica Bujor

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

Also counted toward Boston University in the Internal Medicine ranking

Department rankings count awards at these organizations toward Boston University. With Boston University's own 74 awards (R&D contracts left out), they make up its ranking row: #26, $90,109,699, 124 awards. Each organization's page lists its investigators.