FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Pathology at Columbia University
New York, NY
- 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.
Clarissa Leigh Waites
Leads 1 award · $3,133,900
- 2RF1AG069941-03A1Department: NIH department codeUncovering stress-induced mechanisms of Tau pathology in Alzheimer's disease$3,133,900award amount
Francesca Bartolini
Leads 2 awards · $2,653,138
- 4R01CA279401-03Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the Pathogenic Role of Tubulin Post-translational Modifications in CIPN$1,905,541award amount
- 5R01AG050658-08Department: NIH department codePathogenic Roles for Microtubule Stabilization Pathways in Alzheimers disease$747,597award amount
George Z Mentis
Leads 3 awards · $1,981,884
- 5R01NS078375-14Department: NIH department codeMechanisms of Central Synaptic Dysfunction in SMA$671,932award amount
- 1R01NS142850-01A1Department: NIH department codeSpinal cord stimulation as a combination therapy for enhancing motor function in SMA
Principal investigators: George Z Mentis (contact PI), Marco Capogrosso
$660,613award amount - 5R01NS125362-04Department: NIH department codeCellular and Neuronal Circuit Mechanisms Involved in Locomotor Activity$649,339award amount
Hynek Wichterle
Leads 3 awards · $1,930,817
- 5R01NS141179-02Department: NIH department codeEngineering alternative splicing programs to accelerate maturation of stemcell-derived neurons
Principal investigators: Hynek Wichterle (contact PI), Chaolin Zhang
$649,638award amount - 1R01NS142266-01A1Department: NIH department codePhylogenetic Differences in Mouse and Human Motor Neuron Development$644,965award amount
- 5R01NS140764-02Department: NIH department codeEffects of Re-expression of Motor Neuron Selector Transcription Factors on ALS Pathology$636,214award amount
Riccardo Dalla-Favera
Leads 2 awards · $1,462,089
- 5R35CA210105-11Department: NIH department codeFrom pathogenesis to new therapeutic targets in diffuse large B cell lymphoma$987,000award amount
- 5R01CA260176-05Department: NIH department codeRole of CREBBP missense mutations in lymphomagenesis$475,089award amount
Wei Gu
Leads 2 awards · $1,440,386
- 5R35CA253059-06Department: NIH department codep53-mediated metabolic regulation in tumor suppression$972,000award amount
- 5R01CA258390-05Department: NIH department codeCo-regulation of p53 and PD-L1 by the VPRBP-USP2 axis in transcription and ubiquitylation$468,386award amount
Ulrich Hengst
Leads 2 awards · $1,002,143
- 5R01NS121337-05Department: NIH department codeNeuroprotection by a Secreted Component of the Cellular Stress Response$561,097award amount
- 1R21AG096549-01A1Department: NIH department codeRectifying AD-associated pathogenic gene expression changes$441,046award amount
Minah Kim
Leads 2 awards · $970,461
- 1R01AG094837-01A1Department: NIH department codeElucidating the angiopoietin-2-mediated vascular contributions to Alzheimer's disease$605,314award amount
- 5R37CA266270-05Department: NIH department codeAngiopoietin-2/Tie2 signaling regulation of liver metastasis in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors$365,147award amount
Eunhee Choi
Leads 2 awards · $903,511
- 2R35GM142937-06Department: NIH department codeUnderstanding Selective Signaling and Functional Specificity in Insulin and IGF Receptors$452,375award amount
- 1R21TR006115-01Department: NIH department codeTargeted Therapy Using Designer Insulin Receptor Agonists for Congenital Severe Insulin Resistance Syndromes$451,136award amount
Tal Nuriel
Leads 1 award · $816,677
- 5R01AG083963-04Department: NIH department codeInvestigating 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
$816,677award amount
Livio Pellizzoni
Leads 2 awards · $814,410
- 5R01NS102451-08Department: NIH department codeRNA-Mediated Mechanisms of Motor System Dysfunction in Spinal Muscular Atrophy$649,910award amount
- 1R03NS147118-01A1Department: NIH department codeAn AAV-based mouse model of GEMIN5-dependent neurological disease$164,500award amount
Andrew Alexander Sproul
Leads 2 awards · $813,691
- 5R01AG078352-03Department: NIH department codeDeveloping 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
$421,148award amount - 1R21AG093575-01A1Department: NIH department codeInvestigation of genetic regulators of microglial NFKB signaling in Alzheimer's disease$392,543award amount
Rebecca Anne Haeusler
Leads 1 award · $734,672
- 5T32GM145766-05Department: NIH department codeTraining in Cellular, Molecular and Biomedical Studies (CMBS)
Principal investigators: Rebecca Anne Haeusler (contact PI), Ronald K. Liem
$734,672award amount
Krystalyn E Hudson
Leads 1 award · $694,350
- 5R01HL133325-08Department: NIH department codeImmune Response to RBC Antigens$694,350award amount
Carol A. Mason
Leads 2 awards · $639,257
- 1R21EY039624-01Department: NIH department codeMetabolic Perturbations in the Developing Albino Retinal Pigment Epithelium$452,375award amount
- 5T32EY013933-25Department: NIH department codeVision Sciences Training Grant
Principal investigators: Carol A. Mason (contact PI), Carol M Troy
$186,882award amount
Kevin L. Gardner
Leads 1 award · $573,052
- 5R01CA266040-05Department: NIH department codeThe Role of Kaiso as a predictive breast cancer biomarker in Africa and across the African Diaspora$573,052award amount
Gunnar Hargus
Leads 1 award · $565,022
- 1R56NS143102-01A1Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the role of ROS and ferroptosis in frontotemporal dementia$565,022award amount
Liza A Pon
Leads 1 award · $528,321
- 5R35GM122589-10Department: NIH department codeMitochondrial inheritance and quality control$528,321award amount
Tae-Wan Kim
Leads 1 award · $452,375
- 1R21AG091800-01A1Department: NIH department codeRole for Semaphorin 3A in Microglial Activation and Alzheimer's Disease$452,375award amount
Swarnali Acharyya
Leads 1 award · $448,017
- 1R01CA316649-01Department: NIH department codeA novel function of prolactin signaling in brain metastasis in HER2-positive breast cancer$448,017award amount
Jaewon Min
Leads 1 award · $411,250
- 5R35GM155138-03Department: NIH department codeMechanisms and Genetic Consequences of Break-Induced Replication.$411,250award amount
Yueqing Peng
Leads 1 award · $411,250
- 5R01NS129997-04Department: NIH department codeNeural Control of NREM Sleep in the Medulla$411,250award amount
Ibrahim Batal
Leads 1 award · $365,766
- 5R01DK135671-04Department: NIH department codeGenetics and Immune Predictors for Recurrent Glomerular Diseases in the Kidney Allograft$365,766award amount
Brian Karolewski
Leads 1 award · $350,000
- 1S15OD042593-01Department: NIH department codeModernizing Sterilization Infrastructure for Reliable and Economical Rodent Barrier Operations$350,000award amount
Hee Won Yang
Leads 1 award · $345,452
- 5R01GM145884-04Department: NIH department codeDeciphering the mechanism of non-canonical cell cycle entry$345,452award amount
Ian Alexander Mellis
Leads 1 award · $194,160
- 1K08AI196255-01Department: NIH department codeNeutralizing antibody pressure on the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 variants."$194,160award amount
Brian Jude Joseph
Leads 1 award · $126,900
- 1K99NS146623-01Department: NIH department codeExploiting RNA biogenesis to accelerate neuronal maturation and model age-related tauopathies$126,900award amount
Ethan Andrew Mack
Leads 1 award · $75,600
- 3K38HL174893-03S1Department: NIH department codeThe impact of diet on granulopoiesis, neutrophil function, and sickle cell disease pathology$75,600award amount
Brianna Pereira
Leads 1 award · $55,114
- 5F30CA288006-03Department: NIH department codeTargeting Purinergic Signaling to Block the Effects of Seizures on Glioma Progression$55,114award amount
Albert Hung
Leads 1 award · $50,114
- 5F31DK141231-02Department: NIH department codeStructure-function relationship of the insulin receptor on cell proliferation and metabolism$50,114award 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.
Anna Ruth Cliffe
Co-investigator on 5R01AG083963-04, led by Tal Nuriel
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of Virginia · Microbiology & Immunology (NIH department code, 4 awards)
Ronald K. Liem
Co-investigator on 5T32GM145766-05, led by Rebecca Anne Haeusler
From the FY2024 awards this person leads
- Columbia University · Pathology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Marco Capogrosso
Co-investigator on 1R01NS142850-01A1, led by George Z Mentis
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Pittsburgh · Neurosurgery (NIH department code, 1 award)
Chaolin Zhang
Co-investigator on 5R01NS141179-02, led by Hynek Wichterle
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Columbia University · Biochemistry (NIH department code, 6 awards)
Dritan Agalliu
Co-investigator on 5R01AG078352-03, led by Andrew Alexander Sproul
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Columbia University · Neurology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Carol M Troy
Co-investigator on 5T32EY013933-25, led by Carol A. Mason
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.