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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at Penn State College of Medicine

Hershey, PA

Funding
$11.9M
$11,883,223
Awards
26
FY2025 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
26
19 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#15
of 86 · 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 Physiology row of the Penn State College of Medicine page.

Leads a grant in this department

19 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. Edward W Harhaj

    Leads 3 awards · $1,759,856

    • 1R01AI185618-01A1Department: NIH department code
      ZFAND6 regulation of mitophagy and inflammation
      $707,534
      award amount
    • 5R01AI162815-05Department: NIH department code
      Negative regulation of innate immune signaling pathways by the selective autophagy receptor TAX1BP1
      $627,318
      award amount
    • 1R21AI187996-01Department: NIH department code
      Regulation of the cGAS-STING pathway by RNF11
      $425,004
      award amount

  2. Daniela C Zarnescu

    Leads 3 awards · $1,602,336

    • 4R01NS091299-08Department: NIH department code
      Translation dysregulation in neurodegeneration
      $707,634
      award amount
    • 1R21AG093032-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying TDP-43 dependent structural deficits in ALS muscles

      Principal investigators: Daniela C Zarnescu (contact PI), Piera Pasinelli

      $461,900
      award amount
    • 1R21NS141011-01Department: NIH department code
      Cross validation of gene expression changes in C9orf72 FTD using Drosophila and human model systems

      Principal investigators: Daniela C Zarnescu (contact PI), Rita Sattler

      $432,802
      award amount

  3. Nelli Mnatsakanyan

    Leads 2 awards · $908,502

    • 5R01AG072484-04Department: NIH department code
      Structural and functional characterization of ATP synthase c-subunit leak channel and its role in AD pathogenesis
      $699,252
      award amount
    • 5R21NS137275-02Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial resilience mechanisms of extremophile brine shrimp Artemia
      $209,250
      award amount

  4. Aron Eliot Lukacher

    Leads 1 award · $896,585

    • 5R35NS127217-04Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering Early Stages of Polyomavirus CNS Pathogenesis and Immunity
      $896,585
      award amount

  5. Pingnian He

    Leads 1 award · $818,509

    • 5R01NS139128-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of cognitive impairment caused by atherosclerosis and red blood cell released ATP

      Principal investigators: Pingnian He (contact PI), Prosenjit Bagchi, Yongsoo Kim

      $818,509
      award amount

  6. Christopher M Yengo

    Leads 2 awards · $775,023

  7. Joseph Che-Yen Wang

    Leads 1 award · $692,089

    • 5R01AI173104-03Department: NIH department code
      Structural characterization of native HBV capsids and virions from human cells
      $692,089
      award amount

  8. Michael D Dennis

    Leads 2 awards · $670,523

    • 5R01EY032879-05Department: NIH department code
      Redox-sensitive activation of REDD1 in diabetic retinopathy
      $461,273
      award amount
    • 5R21EY035844-02Department: NIH department code
      Unifying Mechanism of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in AMD
      $209,250
      award amount

  9. Shengyu Yang

    Leads 1 award · $640,552

    • 5R01CA256911-04Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondrial calcium signaling in pancreatic cancer metastasis and progression

      Principal investigators: Shengyu Yang (contact PI), Pankaj Kumar Singh

      $640,552
      award amount

  10. Todd D Schell

    Leads 1 award · $631,365

    • 1S10OD038168-01Department: NIH department code
      The BD FACSDiscover S8 Cell Sorter for Flow Cytometric Sorting
      $631,365
      award amount

  11. Craig M Meyers

    Leads 1 award · $536,210

    • 5R01DE032212-04Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Role of HAART in the Progression of HPV-Associated Oral Cancer
      $536,210
      award amount

  12. Christopher C Norbury

    Leads 1 award · $472,949

    • 5R01AI130156-08Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of the mechanism of HCMV cytoplasmic envelopment
      $472,949
      award amount

  13. Jianming Hu

    Leads 1 award · $472,793

    • 5R37AI043453-28Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Hepadnavirus Assembly and Replication
      $472,793
      award amount

  14. Kenneth Pk Lee

    Leads 1 award · $442,982

    • 5R01GM145623-04Department: NIH department code
      Structure and function of polyamine transporters
      $442,982
      award amount

  15. Yandong Zhou

    Leads 1 award · $417,000

    • 5R35GM153379-02Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Basis of the STIM/Orai Signaling Pathway
      $417,000
      award amount

  16. Kalynn Michelle Alexander

    Leads 1 award · $36,532

    • 1F31NS147643-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploring a Novel Myeloid Subset for Transporting Polyomavirus to the CNS
      $36,532
      award amount

  17. Esma Irem Yerlikaya

    Leads 1 award · $36,473

    • 1F31EY037121-01Department: NIH department code
      Allosteric regulation of REDD1 as a therapeutic target for diabetic retinopathy
      $36,473
      award amount

  18. Alexander Michael Pham

    Leads 1 award · $36,472

    • 5F31AI176803-02Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering the mechanisms of nucleolar stress response during MCPyV infection
      $36,472
      award amount

  19. Shareef Shaheen

    Leads 1 award · $36,472

    • 1F31NS139582-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting Neuroglial Innate Immunity in vivo against Polyomavirus CNS Infection
      $36,472
      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.