Biomedical Engineering at Rice University

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. Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

   Leads 7 awards · $3,265,732

   • 5U54EB034652-04Department: NIH department code

     The Center for Innovation and Translation of Point of Care Technologies for Expanded Cancer Care Access (CITEC)

     Principal investigators: Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum (contact PI), Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Tomasz S Tkaczyk

     $1,261,456

     award amount
   • 5R01DE032051-05Department: NIH department code

     Deep learning microscope for slide-free and digital histology

     Principal investigators: Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum (contact PI), Ann M Gillenwater, Ashok Veeraraghavan

     $708,207

     award amount
   • 5R01HL166413-04Department: NIH department code

     A Sample-to-Answer Point-of-Care Diagnostic for Recently Transfused Sickle Cell Anemia Patients in Low Resource Settings
     $618,990

     award amount
   • 5U01CA292741-03Department: NIH department code

     Sample-to-answer HPV DNA nucleic acid test for cervical cancer screening in Mozambique

     Principal investigators: Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum (contact PI), Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni, Jane R Montealegre

     $586,825

     award amount
   • 3U01CA292741-03S1Department: NIH department code

     Sample-to-answer HPV DNA nucleic acid test for cervical cancer screening in Mozambique

     Principal investigators: Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum (contact PI), Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni, Jane R Montealegre

     $51,709

     award amount
   • 3U54EB034652-04S1Department: NIH department code

     The Center for Innovation and Translation of Point of Care Technologies for Expanded Cancer Care Access (CITEC)

     Principal investigators: Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum (contact PI), Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Tomasz S Tkaczyk

     $24,754

     award amount
   • 3U54EB034652-04S2Department: NIH department code

     The Center for Innovation and Translation of Point of Care Technologies for Expanded Cancer Care Access (CITEC)

     Principal investigators: Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum (contact PI), Sharmila Anandasabapathy, Tomasz S Tkaczyk

     $13,791

     award amount

   Also a principal investigator on 1R21EB038806-01, led by Tomasz S Tkaczyk.

2. Isaac Hilton

   Leads 2 awards · $1,122,217

   • 1R61HL183015-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Targeted control of mitochondrial biogenesis as a therapy for heart failure

     Principal investigators: Isaac Hilton (contact PI), Ravi K Ghanta

     $638,014

     award amount
   • 5R01EB036003-03Department: NIH department code

     Engineering therapeutic cellular functions using robust and highly programmable extrachromosomal genetic technologies
     $484,203

     award amount

3. Julea Vlassakis

   Leads 1 award · $915,515

   • 4DP2CA290802-02Department: NIH department code

     Deep phenotyping of fusion oncoprotein-driven pediatric cancer metastasis with single-cell proteomics
     $915,515

     award amount

4. Jerzy Olgierd Szablowski

   Leads 1 award · $895,495

   • 4DP2EB035905-02Department: NIH department code

     Monitoring neuronal activity with a blood test - Released Markers of Activity (RMA)
     $895,495

     award amount

5. Gang Bao

   Leads 1 award · $626,816

   • 5R01HL169761-04Department: NIH department code

     Deciphering unintended large gene modifications in gene editing for sickle cell disease
     $626,816

     award amount

6. Omid Veiseh

   Leads 1 award · $460,788

   • 5R01HL179534-02Department: NIH department code

     Bioengineered lymphatic regenerating platform for treatment of breast cancer related lymphedema

     Principal investigators: Omid Veiseh (contact PI), Qixu Luke Zhang

     $460,788

     award amount

7. Cynthia A. Reinhart-King

   Leads 1 award · $393,665

   • 1R01GM160881-01A1Department: NIH department code

     Mechanical Memory of Confined Migration
     $393,665

     award amount

8. George J Lu

   Leads 1 award · $375,371

   • 5R35GM155015-03Department: NIH department code

     Next-generation design of acoustic reporter genes with optimal assembly
     $375,371

     award amount

9. Aravind Chenrayan Govindaraju

   Leads 1 award · $195,625

   • 5R21DC022412-02Department: NIH department code

     How Peripheral Vestibular Signals Create Vestibular Compound Action Potentials
     $195,625

     award amount

10. Sangyeon Cho

    Leads 1 award · $189,862

    • 5K25CA301033-03Department: NIH department code

      Correlating Genotype and Phenotype of Metastatic Cancer Cells In Vivo Using Nanolaser Optical Barcode
      $189,862

      award amount

11. Tomasz S Tkaczyk

    Leads 1 award · $182,736

    • 1R21EB038806-01Department: NIH department code

      Multi-Modal, Multi-Depth, High Resolution Micro-Endoscope (M3D-HRME) for early cancer diagnostics

      Principal investigators: Tomasz S Tkaczyk (contact PI), Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

      $182,736

      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U54EB034652-04, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum; 3U54EB034652-04S1, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum; 3U54EB034652-04S2, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum.

12. Sarah Libring

    Leads 1 award · $106,086

    • 5K00CA264734-07Department: NIH department code

      Characterizing CAFs in Metastasis as a Function of Breast Cancer Cell Phenotype
      $106,086

      award amount

13. Karthik Goli

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30CA298778-02Department: NIH department code

      An Automated Multimodal, Multiscale Algorithm for Cervical Cancer Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
      $55,114

      award amount

14. Schuyler Link

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30EY037188-02Department: NIH department code

      Enhanced Transretinal Ultrasound Delivery (ETUDe)
      $54,538

      award amount

15. Madison McLaren

    Leads 1 award · $50,114

    • 1F31NS149685-01Department: NIH department code

      Determining the Role of Notch Signaling in Atoh1 Lineage Cell Fate Decisions
      $50,114

      award amount

16. Yajur Naman Maker

    Leads 1 award · $14,514

    • 5F30CA281115-04Department: NIH department code

      Low-cost integrated nucleic acid amplification testing platform for cervical cancer screening in low- and middle-income countries
      $14,514

      award amount

17. Sabia Abidi

    Leads 1 award · $1

    • 5R25EB034204-03Department: NIH department code

      Applying a Human-Centered Design Approach to Enhance Bioengineering Education
      $1

      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.

• Sharmila Anandasabapathy

  Co-investigator on 5U54EB034652-04, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum; 3U54EB034652-04S1, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum; 3U54EB034652-04S2, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

  From the FY2025 awards this person leads

  • Baylor College of Medicine · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 4 awards)

• Ann M Gillenwater

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE032051-05, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

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

• Ashok Veeraraghavan

  Co-investigator on 5R01DE032051-05, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

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

• Cesaltina Ferreira Lorenzoni

  Co-investigator on 5U01CA292741-03, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum; 3U01CA292741-03S1, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Obstetrics & Gynecology (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Jane R Montealegre

  Co-investigator on 5U01CA292741-03, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum; 3U01CA292741-03S1, led by Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • UT MD Anderson Cancer Center · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 1 award)

• Ravi K Ghanta

  Co-investigator on 1R61HL183015-01A1, led by Isaac Hilton

  From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Baylor College of Medicine · Surgery (NIH department code, 3 awards)

• Qixu Luke Zhang

  Co-investigator on 5R01HL179534-02, led by Omid Veiseh

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