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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Physiology at Penn State College of Medicine

Hershey, PA

Funding
$11.5M
$11,542,641
Awards
23
FY2026 NIH awards in Physiology
Principal investigators
24
17 lead a grant here, 7 co-investigators
Department rank
#18
of 89 · 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

17 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. Christopher M Yengo

    Leads 2 awards · $1,312,604

    • 5R01HL163585-04Department: NIH department code
      Impact of dilated cardiomyopathy mutations on cardiac myosin structure and function

      Principal investigators: Christopher M Yengo (contact PI), David M Warshaw, Sivaraj Sivaramakrishnan

      $667,828
      award amount
    • 1R01DC023316-01Department: NIH department code
      Role of class III myosins in governing inner ear hair cell stereocilia length and width

      Principal investigators: Christopher M Yengo (contact PI), Benjamin J Perrin

      $644,776
      award amount

  2. Shengyu Yang

    Leads 2 awards · $1,254,577

    • 5R01CA256911-05Department: 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
    • 1R01CA308069-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cystine limitation stress in pancreatic cancer tumor growth, progression and metastasis
      $614,025
      award amount

  3. Daniela C Zarnescu

    Leads 2 awards · $1,135,851

    • 5R01NS091299-09Department: NIH department code
      Translation dysregulation in neurodegeneration
      $656,272
      award amount
    • 1R21AG101555-01Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering synaptic metabolism alterations in ALS/FTD

      Principal investigators: Daniela C Zarnescu (contact PI), Patrick Pirrotte

      $479,579
      award amount

  4. Michael D Dennis

    Leads 2 awards · $973,417

    • 5R01EY032879-06Department: NIH department code
      Redox-sensitive activation of REDD1 in diabetic retinopathy
      $542,767
      award amount
    • 1R21EY039061-01Department: NIH department code
      Revisiting the Renal-retinal axis
      $430,650
      award amount

  5. Joseph Che-Yen Wang

    Leads 2 awards · $914,546

    • 5R01AI173104-04Department: NIH department code
      Structural characterization of native HBV capsids and virions from human cells
      $692,089
      award amount
    • 1R21AI190552-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Characterization of Structural Polymorphism in Native Murine Polyomavirus from Mouse Cells
      $222,457
      award amount

  6. Aron Eliot Lukacher

    Leads 1 award · $896,585

    • 5R35NS127217-05Department: NIH department code
      Deciphering Early Stages of Polyomavirus CNS Pathogenesis and Immunity
      $896,585
      award amount

  7. Pingnian He

    Leads 1 award · $816,759

    • 5R01NS139128-03Department: 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

      $816,759
      award amount

  8. Edward W Harhaj

    Leads 1 award · $729,416

    • 5R01AI185618-02Department: NIH department code
      ZFAND6 regulation of mitophagy and inflammation
      $729,416
      award amount

  9. Yandong Zhou

    Leads 2 awards · $571,402

    • 5R35GM153379-03Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Basis of the STIM/Orai Signaling Pathway
      $417,000
      award amount
    • 3R35GM153379-03S1Department: NIH department code
      The Molecular Basis of the STIM/Orai Signaling Pathway
      $154,402
      award amount

  10. Craig M Meyers

    Leads 1 award · $536,210

    • 5R01DE032212-05Department: NIH department code
      Understanding the Role of HAART in the Progression of HPV-Associated Oral Cancer
      $536,210
      award amount

  11. Hyun Jin Kwun

    Leads 1 award · $520,409

    • 1R56AI187379-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The role of aging and cellular senescence in MCPyV pathogenesis
      $520,409
      award amount

  12. Christopher C Norbury

    Leads 1 award · $487,577

    • 5R01AI130156-09Department: NIH department code
      Analysis of the mechanism of HCMV cytoplasmic envelopment
      $487,577
      award amount

  13. Jianming Hu

    Leads 1 award · $465,952

    • 5R37AI043453-29Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of Hepadnavirus Assembly and Replication
      $465,952
      award amount

  14. Kenneth Pk Lee

    Leads 1 award · $442,982

    • 5R01GM145623-05Department: NIH department code
      Structure and function of polyamine transporters
      $442,982
      award amount

  15. Nuno Raimundo

    Leads 1 award · $410,773

    • 1R35GM163945-01Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondria-lysosome crosstalk in health and disease
      $410,773
      award amount

  16. Shareef Shaheen

    Leads 1 award · $37,108

    • 5F31NS139582-02Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting Neuroglial Innate Immunity in vivo against Polyomavirus CNS Infection
      $37,108
      award amount

  17. Esma Irem Yerlikaya

    Leads 1 award · $36,473

    • 5F31EY037121-02Department: NIH department code
      Allosteric regulation of REDD1 as a therapeutic target for diabetic retinopathy
      $36,473
      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.