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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Pathology at Columbia University

New York, NY

Funding
$24.9M
$24,943,779
Awards
43
FY2026 NIH awards in Pathology
Principal investigators
36
30 lead a grant here, 6 co-investigators
Department rank
#11
of 90 · 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 Pathology row of the Columbia University page.

Leads a grant in this department

30 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. Clarissa Leigh Waites

    Leads 1 award · $3,133,900

    • 2RF1AG069941-03A1Department: NIH department code
      Uncovering stress-induced mechanisms of Tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease
      $3,133,900
      award amount
  2. Francesca Bartolini

    Leads 2 awards · $2,653,138

    • 4R01CA279401-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Pathogenic Role of Tubulin Post-translational Modifications in CIPN
      $1,905,541
      award amount
    • 5R01AG050658-08Department: NIH department code
      Pathogenic Roles for Microtubule Stabilization Pathways in Alzheimers disease
      $747,597
      award amount
  3. George Z Mentis

    Leads 3 awards · $1,981,884

    • 5R01NS078375-14Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Central Synaptic Dysfunction in SMA
      $671,932
      award amount
    • 1R01NS142850-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Spinal cord stimulation as a combination therapy for enhancing motor function in SMA

      Principal investigators: George Z Mentis (contact PI), Marco Capogrosso

      $660,613
      award amount
    • 5R01NS125362-04Department: NIH department code
      Cellular and Neuronal Circuit Mechanisms Involved in Locomotor Activity
      $649,339
      award amount
  4. Hynek Wichterle

    Leads 3 awards · $1,930,817

    • 5R01NS141179-02Department: NIH department code
      Engineering alternative splicing programs to accelerate maturation of stemcell-derived neurons

      Principal investigators: Hynek Wichterle (contact PI), Chaolin Zhang

      $649,638
      award amount
    • 1R01NS142266-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Phylogenetic Differences in Mouse and Human Motor Neuron Development
      $644,965
      award amount
    • 5R01NS140764-02Department: NIH department code
      Effects of Re-expression of Motor Neuron Selector Transcription Factors on ALS Pathology
      $636,214
      award amount
  5. Riccardo Dalla-Favera

    Leads 2 awards · $1,462,089

    • 5R35CA210105-11Department: NIH department code
      From pathogenesis to new therapeutic targets in diffuse large B cell lymphoma
      $987,000
      award amount
    • 5R01CA260176-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of CREBBP missense mutations in lymphomagenesis
      $475,089
      award amount
  6. Wei Gu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,440,386

    • 5R35CA253059-06Department: NIH department code
      p53-mediated metabolic regulation in tumor suppression
      $972,000
      award amount
    • 5R01CA258390-05Department: NIH department code
      Co-regulation of p53 and PD-L1 by the VPRBP-USP2 axis in transcription and ubiquitylation
      $468,386
      award amount
  7. Ulrich Hengst

    Leads 2 awards · $1,002,143

    • 5R01NS121337-05Department: NIH department code
      Neuroprotection by a Secreted Component of the Cellular Stress Response
      $561,097
      award amount
    • 1R21AG096549-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Rectifying AD-associated pathogenic gene expression changes
      $441,046
      award amount
  8. Minah Kim

    Leads 2 awards · $970,461

    • 1R01AG094837-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the angiopoietin-2-mediated vascular contributions to Alzheimer's disease
      $605,314
      award amount
    • 5R37CA266270-05Department: NIH department code
      Angiopoietin-2/Tie2 signaling regulation of liver metastasis in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
      $365,147
      award amount
  9. Eunhee Choi

    Leads 2 awards · $903,511

    • 2R35GM142937-06Department: NIH department code
      Understanding Selective Signaling and Functional Specificity in Insulin and IGF Receptors
      $452,375
      award amount
    • 1R21TR006115-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeted Therapy Using Designer Insulin Receptor Agonists for Congenital Severe Insulin Resistance Syndromes
      $451,136
      award amount
  10. Tal Nuriel

    Leads 1 award · $816,677

    • 5R01AG083963-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of long-term latent herpes simplex virus infection on APOE4-associated Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis

      Principal investigators: Tal Nuriel (contact PI), Anna Ruth Cliffe

      $816,677
      award amount
  11. Livio Pellizzoni

    Leads 2 awards · $814,410

    • 5R01NS102451-08Department: NIH department code
      RNA-Mediated Mechanisms of Motor System Dysfunction in Spinal Muscular Atrophy
      $649,910
      award amount
    • 1R03NS147118-01A1Department: NIH department code
      An AAV-based mouse model of GEMIN5-dependent neurological disease
      $164,500
      award amount
  12. Andrew Alexander Sproul

    Leads 2 awards · $813,691

    • 5R01AG078352-03Department: NIH department code
      Developing a microfluidic human neurovascular unit system to investigate genetic and age-related risk factors in Alzheimer's disease

      Principal investigators: Andrew Alexander Sproul (contact PI), Dritan Agalliu

      $421,148
      award amount
    • 1R21AG093575-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of genetic regulators of microglial NFKB signaling in Alzheimer's disease
      $392,543
      award amount
  13. Rebecca Anne Haeusler

    Leads 1 award · $734,672

    • 5T32GM145766-05Department: NIH department code
      Training in Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Studies (CMBS)

      Principal investigators: Rebecca Anne Haeusler (contact PI), Ronald K. Liem

      $734,672
      award amount
  14. Krystalyn E Hudson

    Leads 1 award · $694,350

    • 5R01HL133325-08Department: NIH department code
      Immune Response to RBC Antigens
      $694,350
      award amount
  15. Carol A. Mason

    Leads 2 awards · $639,257

    • 1R21EY039624-01Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic Perturbations in the Developing Albino Retinal Pigment Epithelium
      $452,375
      award amount
    • 5T32EY013933-25Department: NIH department code
      Vision Sciences Training Grant

      Principal investigators: Carol A. Mason (contact PI), Carol M Troy

      $186,882
      award amount
  16. Kevin L. Gardner

    Leads 1 award · $573,052

    • 5R01CA266040-05Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Kaiso as a predictive breast cancer biomarker in Africa and across the African Diaspora
      $573,052
      award amount
  17. Gunnar Hargus

    Leads 1 award · $565,022

    • 1R56NS143102-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the role of ROS and ferroptosis in frontotemporal dementia
      $565,022
      award amount
  18. Liza A Pon

    Leads 1 award · $528,321

    • 5R35GM122589-10Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial inheritance and quality control
      $528,321
      award amount
  19. Tae-Wan Kim

    Leads 1 award · $452,375

    • 1R21AG091800-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Role for Semaphorin 3A in Microglial Activation and Alzheimer's Disease
      $452,375
      award amount
  20. Swarnali Acharyya

    Leads 1 award · $448,017

    • 1R01CA316649-01Department: NIH department code
      A novel function of prolactin signaling in brain metastasis in HER2-positive breast cancer
      $448,017
      award amount
  21. Jaewon Min

    Leads 1 award · $411,250

    • 5R35GM155138-03Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms and Genetic Consequences of Break-Induced Replication.
      $411,250
      award amount
  22. Yueqing Peng

    Leads 1 award · $411,250

    • 5R01NS129997-04Department: NIH department code
      Neural Control of NREM Sleep in the Medulla
      $411,250
      award amount
  23. Ibrahim Batal

    Leads 1 award · $365,766

    • 5R01DK135671-04Department: NIH department code
      Genetics and Immune Predictors for Recurrent Glomerular Diseases in the Kidney Allograft
      $365,766
      award amount
  24. Brian Karolewski

    Leads 1 award · $350,000

    • 1S15OD042593-01Department: NIH department code
      Modernizing Sterilization Infrastructure for Reliable and Economical Rodent Barrier Operations
      $350,000
      award amount
  25. Hee Won Yang

    Leads 1 award · $345,452

    • 5R01GM145884-04Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the mechanism of non-canonical cell cycle entry
      $345,452
      award amount
  26. Ian Alexander Mellis

    Leads 1 award · $194,160

    • 1K08AI196255-01Department: NIH department code
      Neutralizing antibody pressure on the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants."
      $194,160
      award amount
  27. Brian Jude Joseph

    Leads 1 award · $126,900

    • 1K99NS146623-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploiting RNA biogenesis to accelerate neuronal maturation and model age-related tauopathies
      $126,900
      award amount
  28. Ethan Andrew Mack

    Leads 1 award · $75,600

    • 3K38HL174893-03S1Department: NIH department code
      The impact of diet on granulopoiesis, neutrophil function, and sickle cell disease pathology
      $75,600
      award amount
  29. Brianna Pereira

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA288006-03Department: NIH department code
      Targeting Purinergic Signaling to Block the Effects of Seizures on Glioma Progression
      $55,114
      award amount
  30. Albert Hung

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 5F31DK141231-02Department: NIH department code
      Structure-function relationship of the insulin receptor on cell proliferation and metabolism
      $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.