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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosurgery at Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Funding
$5.4M
$5,393,081
Awards
11
FY2025 NIH awards in Neurosurgery
Principal investigators
11
8 lead a grant here, 3 co-investigators
Department rank
#13
of 53 · 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 Neurosurgery row of the Northwestern University 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. Irina V Balyasnikova

    Leads 3 awards · $1,622,293

    • 1R01CA297777-01Department: NIH department code
      Spatial and Temporal Tracking of Neural Stem Cells Migration to Brain Metastases of Breast Cancer using High Resolution Imaging

      Principal investigators: Irina V Balyasnikova (contact PI), Chin-Tu Chen

      $696,133
      award amount
    • 1R01CA290737-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Targeting SEC61 complex to overcome resistance to immunotherapy in GBM
      $577,634
      award amount
    • 5R01NS122395-05Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Behavior of Novel IL13Ralpha2-directed T cell Engager for GBM
      $348,526
      award amount
  2. MacIej S Lesniak

    Leads 1 award · $947,808

    • 5R35CA283939-02Department: NIH department code
      Emerging Strategies for Therapy of Metastatic Brain Cancer
      $947,808
      award amount
  3. Amy Beth Heimberger

    Leads 2 awards · $886,125

    • 5R01CA272639-03Department: NIH department code
      A Phase II Clinical Trial in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients Treated with WP1066 and Radiation

      Principal investigators: Amy Beth Heimberger (contact PI), Priya U. Kumthekar

      $598,126
      award amount
    • 5R01CA120813-17Department: NIH department code
      Modulation of Microglia and T Cell Interactions in Malignant Glioma

      Principal investigators: Amy Beth Heimberger (contact PI), Ganesh Rao

      $287,999
      award amount
  4. Atique U. Ahmed

    Leads 1 award · $436,062

    • 5R01NS096376-09Department: NIH department code
      Cellular Plasticity and equilibrium in GBM Progression
      $436,062
      award amount
  5. Crismita Clement Dmello

    Leads 1 award · $400,000

    • 5R01NS138769-02Department: NIH department code
      The Immunosuppressive Function of Checkpoint Kinase 2 in Gliomas
      $400,000
      award amount
  6. Jason Miska

    Leads 1 award · $368,793

    • 5R01CA279686-03Department: NIH department code
      The hypoxic niche in glioblastoma is maintained by myeloid produced creatine
      $368,793
      award amount
  7. Catalina Lee Chang

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R37CA258426-05Department: NIH department code
      Development of B-cell-based vaccine for Glioblastoma
      $366,000
      award amount
  8. Peng Zhang

    Leads 1 award · $366,000

    • 5R37CA266487-04Department: NIH department code
      Nano-therapeutics Reprogramming of Immunosuppressive Myeloid Cells Potentiate Radiotherapy for Glioblastoma
      $366,000
      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.

  • Chin-Tu Chen

    Co-investigator on 1R01CA297777-01, led by Irina V Balyasnikova

    From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Priya U. Kumthekar

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA272639-03, led by Amy Beth Heimberger

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

  • Ganesh Rao

    Co-investigator on 5R01CA120813-17, led by Amy Beth Heimberger

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