FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Neurosurgery at Northwestern University

Chicago, IL

Funding

$7.4M

$7,429,818

Awards

FY2026 NIH awards in Neurosurgery

Principal investigators

12 lead a grant here, 3 co-investigators

Department rank

#10

of 58 · 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

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.

MacIej S Lesniak
Leads 2 awards · $3,062,178
- 5P50CA221747-09Department: NIH department code
  SPORE for Translational Approaches to Brain Cancer
  Principal investigators: Amy Beth Heimberger (contact PI), Atique U. Ahmed (contact PI), Catalina Lee Chang (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), MacIej S Lesniak (contact PI), Pouya Jamshidi (contact PI)
  $2,114,370
  award amount
- 5R35CA283939-03Department: NIH department code
  Emerging Strategies for Therapy of Metastatic Brain Cancer
  $947,808
  award amount
Amy Beth Heimberger
Leads 2 awards · $2,612,265
- 5P50CA221747-09Department: NIH department code
  SPORE for Translational Approaches to Brain Cancer
  Principal investigators: Amy Beth Heimberger (contact PI), Atique U. Ahmed (contact PI), Catalina Lee Chang (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), MacIej S Lesniak (contact PI), Pouya Jamshidi (contact PI)
  $2,114,370
  award amount
- 5R01CA272639-04Department: 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
  $497,895
  award amount
Atique U. Ahmed
Leads 2 awards · $2,550,432
- 5P50CA221747-09Department: NIH department code
  SPORE for Translational Approaches to Brain Cancer
  Principal investigators: Amy Beth Heimberger (contact PI), Atique U. Ahmed (contact PI), Catalina Lee Chang (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), MacIej S Lesniak (contact PI), Pouya Jamshidi (contact PI)
  $2,114,370
  award amount
- 5R01NS096376-10Department: NIH department code
  Cellular Plasticity and equilibrium in GBM Progression
  $436,062
  award amount
Catalina Lee Chang
Leads 2 awards · $2,476,852
- 5P50CA221747-09Department: NIH department code
  SPORE for Translational Approaches to Brain Cancer
  Principal investigators: Amy Beth Heimberger (contact PI), Atique U. Ahmed (contact PI), Catalina Lee Chang (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), MacIej S Lesniak (contact PI), Pouya Jamshidi (contact PI)
  $2,114,370
  award amount
- 4R37CA258426-06Department: NIH department code
  Development of B-cell-based vaccine for Glioblastoma
  $362,482
  award amount
Hui Zhang
Leads 1 award · $2,114,370
- 5P50CA221747-09Department: NIH department code
  SPORE for Translational Approaches to Brain Cancer
  Principal investigators: Amy Beth Heimberger (contact PI), Atique U. Ahmed (contact PI), Catalina Lee Chang (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), MacIej S Lesniak (contact PI), Pouya Jamshidi (contact PI)
  $2,114,370
  award amount
Pouya Jamshidi
Leads 1 award · $2,114,370
- 5P50CA221747-09Department: NIH department code
  SPORE for Translational Approaches to Brain Cancer
  Principal investigators: Amy Beth Heimberger (contact PI), Atique U. Ahmed (contact PI), Catalina Lee Chang (contact PI), Hui Zhang (contact PI), MacIej S Lesniak (contact PI), Pouya Jamshidi (contact PI)
  $2,114,370
  award amount
Irina V Balyasnikova
Leads 2 awards · $1,243,820
- 5R01CA297777-02Department: 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
  $666,186
  award amount
- 5R01CA290737-02Department: NIH department code
  Targeting SEC61 complex to overcome resistance to immunotherapy in GBM
  $577,634
  award amount
Adam M Sonabend
Leads 1 award · $548,724
- 2R01CA245969-06A1Department: NIH department code
  A PHASE 2A TRIAL OF IMMUNE MODULATION IN COMBINATION WITH ULTRASOUND-MEDIATED BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER OPENING IN PATIENTS WITH NEWLY DIAGNOSED GLIOBLASTOMA
  Principal investigators: Adam M Sonabend (contact PI), Roger Stupp
  $548,724
  award amount
Crismita Clement Dmello
Leads 1 award · $400,000
- 5R01NS138769-03Department: NIH department code
  The Immunosuppressive Function of Checkpoint Kinase 2 in Gliomas
  $400,000
  award amount
Jason Miska
Leads 1 award · $366,255
- 5R01CA279686-04Department: NIH department code
  The hypoxic niche in glioblastoma is maintained by myeloid produced creatine
  $366,255
  award amount
Peng Zhang
Leads 1 award · $366,000
- 5R37CA266487-05Department: NIH department code
  Nano-therapeutics Reprogramming of Immunosuppressive Myeloid Cells Potentiate Radiotherapy for Glioblastoma
  $366,000
  award amount
Roxanna M Garcia
Leads 1 award · $146,402
- 1K01TW013207-01Department: NIH department code
  Improving timing to open cranial surgery following traumatic brain injury in Lima, Peru using implementation science
  $146,402
  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 5R01CA297777-02, led by Irina V Balyasnikova
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Chicago (no department on record, 1 award)
Roger Stupp
Co-investigator on 2R01CA245969-06A1, led by Adam M Sonabend
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Priya U. Kumthekar
Co-investigator on 5R01CA272639-04, led by Amy Beth Heimberger
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.