Skip to main content

FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Biomedical Engineering at Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Funding
$6.2M
$6,180,006
Awards
11
FY2026 NIH awards in Biomedical Engineering
Principal investigators
14
9 lead a grant here, 5 co-investigators
Department rank
#28
of 80 · 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 Biomedical Engineering row of the Northwestern University page.

Leads a grant in this department

9 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. Vadim Backman

    Leads 3 awards · $2,906,783

    • 5U54CA268084-05Department: NIH department code
      Northwestern University Center for Chromatin NanoImaging in Cancer (NU-CCNIC)

      Principal investigators: Daniela E Matei (contact PI), Hao F Zhang (contact PI), Vadim Backman (contact PI)

      $1,590,459
      award amount
    • 7R01CA225002-09Department: NIH department code
      Translating buccal nanocytology for lung cancer screening into clinical practice

      Principal investigators: Vadim Backman (contact PI), Hariharan Subramanian

      $667,591
      award amount
    • 1R01CA303254-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Nanoscale Spectroscopy for Early Cancer Detection and Phenotypic Analysis

      Principal investigators: Vadim Backman (contact PI), Rajesh N Keswani

      $648,733
      award amount
  2. Daniela E Matei

    Leads 1 award · $1,590,459

    • 5U54CA268084-05Department: NIH department code
      Northwestern University Center for Chromatin NanoImaging in Cancer (NU-CCNIC)

      Principal investigators: Daniela E Matei (contact PI), Hao F Zhang (contact PI), Vadim Backman (contact PI)

      $1,590,459
      award amount
  3. Hao F Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $1,590,459

    • 5U54CA268084-05Department: NIH department code
      Northwestern University Center for Chromatin NanoImaging in Cancer (NU-CCNIC)

      Principal investigators: Daniela E Matei (contact PI), Hao F Zhang (contact PI), Vadim Backman (contact PI)

      $1,590,459
      award amount
  4. Guillermo Antonio Ameer

    Leads 2 awards · $1,532,483

    • 7R01HL141933-07Department: NIH department code
      Low-Profile 3D-Printed Radiopaque Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffolds

      Principal investigators: Guillermo Antonio Ameer (contact PI), Cheng Sun

      $1,312,171
      award amount
    • 2T32EB031527-06Department: NIH department code
      Regenerative Engineering Training Program (RE-Training)
      $220,312
      award amount
  5. Eric Jon Perreault

    Leads 2 awards · $627,848

    • 7R01AR071162-10Department: NIH department code
      Noninvasive tools for assessing muscle structure and function
      $617,848
      award amount
    • 5R13HD115388-03Department: NIH department code
      Support for the International Society of Electrophysiology and Kinesiology Congress
      $10,000
      award amount
  6. Sally Maureen McFall

    Leads 1 award · $389,230

    • 7U01CA292771-03Department: NIH department code
      Active HCV diagnosis to support prevention of HCC in LMICs

      Principal investigators: Sally Maureen McFall (contact PI), Claudia A Hawkins

      $389,230
      award amount
  7. Levi John Hargrove

    Leads 1 award · $278,089

    • 7T32HD007418-35Department: NIH department code
      Pathophysiology and Rehabilitation of Neural Dysfunction
      $278,089
      award amount
  8. Colin Lee Hisey

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 7R00EB033857-05Department: NIH department code
      Machine Learning-enabled Classification of Extracellular Vesicles Using Nanoplasmonic Microfluidics
      $249,000
      award amount
  9. Marco Gallio

    Leads 1 award · $196,573

    • 7R21EY036651-03Department: NIH department code
      Molecular design for circuit engineering in the Drosophila brain

      Principal investigators: Marco Gallio (contact PI), Engin Ozkan

      $196,573
      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.

  • Cheng Sun

    Co-investigator on 7R01HL141933-07, led by Guillermo Antonio Ameer

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Hariharan Subramanian

    Co-investigator on 7R01CA225002-09, led by Vadim Backman

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

  • Rajesh N Keswani

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA303254-01A1, led by Vadim Backman

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

  • Claudia A Hawkins

    Co-investigator on 7U01CA292771-03, led by Sally Maureen McFall

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Engin Ozkan

    Co-investigator on 7R21EY036651-03, led by Marco Gallio

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads