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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Surgery at Medical University of South Carolina

Charleston, SC

Funding
$5.7M
$5,736,728
Awards
9
FY2026 NIH awards in Surgery
Principal investigators
8
8 lead a grant here, 0 co-investigators
Department rank
#34
of 79 · 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 Surgery row of the Medical University of South Carolina page.

Leads a grant in this department

8 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. Meenal Mehrotra

    Leads 1 award · $1,990,143

    • 1R01AR086485-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Role of T Cell Subsets in Osteogenesis Imperfecta

      Principal investigators: Meenal Mehrotra (contact PI), Shikhar Mehrotra

      $1,990,143
      award amount

  2. Shikhar Mehrotra

    Leads 2 awards · $1,166,463

    • 5R01CA290201-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the Mechanism for Transient ER Stress-Induced Anti-Tumor T Cell Response
      $603,230
      award amount
    • 5R01CA300284-02Department: NIH department code
      Targeting S1P-ACC Axis to Overcome MDSC Suppression
      $563,233
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AR086485-01A1, led by Meenal Mehrotra.

  3. Nancy Demore

    Leads 1 award · $919,104

    • 5T32GM152311-02Department: NIH department code
      Training Program for Medical Scientists
      $919,104
      award amount

  4. John W. McGillicuddy

    Leads 1 award · $620,738

    • 5R01DK134326-04Department: NIH department code
      Multifaceted Intervention to Improve Graft Outcome Disparities in African American Kidney Transplants (MITIGAAT)
      $620,738
      award amount

  5. Hongjun Wang

    Leads 1 award · $393,980

    • 5UH3DK136705-04Department: NIH department code
      Safety and Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis and Its Associated Pain
      $393,980
      award amount

  6. William G Hawkins

    Leads 1 award · $345,411

    • 5R01CA276378-05Department: NIH department code
      Preclinical Development of the Novel Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins S2/IAPinh for Cancer Therapy
      $345,411
      award amount

  7. Cassandra Lucille Clift

    Leads 1 award · $247,600

    • 4R00HL175119-03Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic Regulation of Pre-and Post-Translational Signaling in Aortic Valve Stenosis
      $247,600
      award amount

  8. Heather L. Holman

    Leads 1 award · $53,289

    • 5F31HL172645-02Department: NIH department code
      Stress-Induced Signaling in Aortopathy
      $53,289
      award amount