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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Microbiology & Immunology at George Washington University

Washington, DC

Funding
$4.9M
$4,874,036
Awards
16
FY2026 NIH awards in Microbiology & Immunology
Principal investigators
22
12 lead a grant here, 10 co-investigators
Department rank
#73
of 119 · 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 Microbiology & Immunology row of the George Washington University page.

Leads a grant in this department

12 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. Pedro Gazzinelli Guimaraes

    Leads 2 awards · $928,625

    • 5DP2AI192379-02Department: NIH department code
      Unveiling the hidden regulators: deciphering endogenous retroelement control of allergic Type 2 immune response
      $484,500
      award amount
    • 1R21AI190737-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Genetic determinants of host immunity-mediated resistance to helminth infection
      $444,125
      award amount

  2. Jeffrey Michael Bethony

    Leads 1 award · $897,500

  3. Sanjay B. Maggirwar

    Leads 2 awards · $704,177

    • 5R01NS131062-05Department: NIH department code
      Clonal hematopoiesis in monocytes contributes to HIV-associated neuroinflammation
      $472,602
      award amount
    • 5R01NS126090-06Department: NIH department code
      Revealing the role of platelets in promoting HIV reservoir seeding and persistence in the CNS-resident myeloid cells

      Principal investigators: Sanjay B. Maggirwar (contact PI), Mirko Paiardini

      $231,575
      award amount

  4. Rebecca Marie Lynch

    Leads 1 award · $676,018

    • 4R33AI176582-04Department: NIH department code
      Ultrasensitive Env Detection Assay for Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Screening

      Principal investigators: Rebecca Marie Lynch (contact PI), Alberto Bosque

      $676,018
      award amount

  5. Katherine B Chiappinelli

    Leads 1 award · $627,493

    • 5R01CA289390-03Department: NIH department code
      Immunological consequences of LINE-1 expression in cancer

      Principal investigators: Katherine B Chiappinelli (contact PI), Kathleen H Burns

      $627,493
      award amount

  6. John M Hawdon

    Leads 1 award · $444,125

    • 1R21AI196592-01Department: NIH department code
      Cross-class selection for anthelmintic resistance in the hookworm Ancylostoma caninum

      Principal investigators: John M Hawdon (contact PI), Damien M O'Halloran

      $444,125
      award amount

  7. Paul J Brindley

    Leads 3 awards · $349,203

  8. Michael Ilya Bukrinsky

    Leads 1 award · $71,609

    • 3R21NS137986-01A1S1Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic mechanisms of HAND pathogenesis

      Principal investigators: Michael Ilya Bukrinsky (contact PI), Dmitri Sviridov

      $71,609
      award amount

  9. Gabriel James Galeotos

    Leads 1 award · $45,873

    • 1F31AI197981-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Effects of Autologous CD4 Binding Site Antibodies on HIV Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies
      $45,873
      award amount

  10. Jonathan Lochner

    Leads 1 award · $45,783

    • 1F31AI200651-01Department: NIH department code
      Restoring HLA-I Expression to Enhance CD8 T Cell-Mediated Clearance of HIV-Infected Cells
      $45,783
      award amount

  11. Abigail Lee

    Leads 1 award · $41,879

    • 1F31CA318737-01Department: NIH department code
      The development of antigen-specific T cells with epigenetic priming for ovarian cancer
      $41,879
      award amount

  12. Thomas Destefanis

    Leads 1 award · $41,751

    • 1F31AI200608-01Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating the ability of receptor binding site antibody combinations to restrict HIV escape
      $41,751
      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.

  • Anna Coghill

    Co-investigator on 3UM1CA181255-10S5, led by Jeffrey Michael Bethony

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Lisa Rimsza

    Co-investigator on 3UM1CA181255-10S5, led by Jeffrey Michael Bethony

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Monika Schmelz

    Co-investigator on 3UM1CA181255-10S5, led by Jeffrey Michael Bethony

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

  • Alberto Bosque

    Co-investigator on 4R33AI176582-04, led by Rebecca Marie Lynch

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Kathleen H Burns

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA289390-03, led by Katherine B Chiappinelli

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Damien M O'Halloran

    Co-investigator on 1R21AI196592-01, led by John M Hawdon

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

  • Alexander Constantine Loukas

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA164719-13, led by Paul J Brindley; 3R01CA164719-13S2, led by Paul J Brindley; 3R01CA164719-13S1, led by Paul J Brindley

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

  • Thewarach Laha

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA164719-13, led by Paul J Brindley; 3R01CA164719-13S2, led by Paul J Brindley; 3R01CA164719-13S1, led by Paul J Brindley

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

  • Mirko Paiardini

    Co-investigator on 5R01NS126090-06, led by Sanjay B. Maggirwar

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Dmitri Sviridov

    Co-investigator on 3R21NS137986-01A1S1, led by Michael Ilya Bukrinsky

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