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Lsu Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, LA · School Of Medicine

NIH Rank #203Med School Rank #86

NIH Funding · FY2026

Total Funding
$26.3M
Fiscal year 2026
Grants Awarded
61
Active NIH grants
Funded PIs
79
Principal investigators
National Rank
#203
Among 2,529 institutions, FY2026

Funding & rank history

NIH funding totals and national rank by fiscal year.

Departments by funding

All 8 departments with NIH funding at Lsu Health Sciences Center in FY2026, largest first.

DepartmentFundingGrantsPIsNational Rank
Internal Medicine$10.9M1431#74
Neurosciences$4.9M1212#46
Physiology$4.5M1919#44
Public Health$1.2M33#97
Genetics$1M36#52
Anatomy & Cell Biology$972.5K44#72
Microbiology & Immunology$630.7K13#111
Dentistry$581.4K12Not ranked
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Top funded principal investigators

Highest-funded PIs at Lsu Health Sciences Center based on NIH grant totals.

$4.7M
total funding
#2
John T. West
4 grants
$2.7M
total funding
#3
For Yue Tso
2 grants
$2.5M
total funding
#4
Charles Wood
6 grants
$2.4M
total funding
$2.4M
total funding
$2.3M
total funding
$2.1M
total funding
#8
David A Welsh
2 grants
$2M
total funding
#9
Monika Rak
1 grant
$1.8M
total funding
$1.8M
total funding