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FY2025 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at Rutgers University

Newark, NJ

Funding
$45.8M
$45,751,366
Awards
66
FY2025 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
60
47 lead a grant here, 13 co-investigators
Department rank
#33
of 115 · 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 Internal Medicine row of the Rutgers University page.

Leads a grant in this department

47 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. Jerrold J. Ellner

    Leads 3 awards · $6,817,498

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI147345-05, led by David Alland.

  2. Reynold Alexander Panettieri

    Leads 1 award · $5,567,259

    • 5UM1TR004789-02Department: NIH department code
      NJ ACTS: A Platform for Translational Science in New Jersey
      $5,567,259
      award amount

  3. David Alland

    Leads 4 awards · $3,871,714

    • 5R01AI147345-05Department: NIH department code
      Bacteria and Host in TB Transmission

      Principal investigators: David Alland (contact PI), Jerrold J. Ellner, Padmini Salgame

      $1,612,367
      award amount
    • 1R01AI189899-01Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling the spectrum of intrabacterial amide hydrolysis to develop new classes of pyrazinoic acid prodrugs against pyrazinamide resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
      $813,373
      award amount
    • 5R01AI182257-02Department: NIH department code
      Point of care detection of fluroquinolone, bedaquiline and linezolid resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis for rapid treatment decisions.
      $758,976
      award amount
    • 5R01AI179961-02Department: NIH department code
      Nanoreactor beads for POC TB resistance testing
      $686,998
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01AI190528-01, led by Jerrold J. Ellner; 1R01AI194375-01, led by Yingda Linda Xie; 3R01AI190528-01S3, led by Jerrold J. Ellner.

  4. Soko Setoguchi Iwata

    Leads 1 award · $3,140,397

    • 1R01HD114056-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Adverse Health Outcomes From Extreme Heat, Air Pollution, and Medications in Low-Income Pregnant Women and Their Offspring
      $3,140,397
      award amount

  5. Padmini Salgame

    Leads 3 awards · $2,828,066

    • 1R01AI194372-01Department: NIH department code
      Host-bacterial interactions determining the spectrum of Mtb transmission
      $1,041,944
      award amount
    • 5R01AI175315-03Department: NIH department code
      Biomarker Signatures of TB Infection in Young Children With and Without HIV

      Principal investigators: Padmini Salgame (contact PI), Rinn Song, William Evan Johnson

      $1,016,533
      award amount
    • 5R01AI177853-02Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of IFNg-independent T cell and B cell-mediated protection in TB.

      Principal investigators: Padmini Salgame (contact PI), John R. Chan

      $769,589
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI147345-05, led by David Alland; 5R01AI177788-03, led by Lanbo Shi; 5R01AI162821-05, led by Gloria Marcela Rodriguez.

  6. Yingda Linda Xie

    Leads 3 awards · $2,377,519

    • 1R01AI194375-01Department: NIH department code
      Transmission Links and Clinical Spectrum of Exhaled Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

      Principal investigators: Yingda Linda Xie (contact PI), David Alland

      $1,032,233
      award amount
    • 5R01AI182281-02Department: NIH department code
      Development of a highly-multiplexed CRISPR-based TB drug susceptibility test

      Principal investigators: Yingda Linda Xie (contact PI), Cameron Amadeus Myhrvold

      $702,499
      award amount
    • 5R01AI175555-02Department: NIH department code
      Imaging signatures of early tuberculosis
      $642,787
      award amount

  7. John R. Chan

    Leads 2 awards · $1,612,197

    • 5R01AI146340-05Department: NIH department code
      The Rv2623-Rv1747 interaction: regulation of the in vivo fate of M. tuberculosis

      Principal investigators: John R. Chan (contact PI), Jordi B Torrelles

      $830,828
      award amount
    • 1R01AI187851-01A1Department: NIH department code
      B cells in the regulation of lung granulomatous inflammation in TB

      Principal investigators: John R. Chan (contact PI), Adrie Jc Steyn

      $781,369
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5K12TR004788-02, led by Ethan A Halm; 5R01AI177853-02, led by Padmini Salgame.

  8. Jason Weinstein

    Leads 3 awards · $1,489,458

    • 1R01AR084705-01A1Department: NIH department code
      NK cell-mediated regulation of humoral immune responses during autoimmunity

      Principal investigators: Jason Weinstein (contact PI), Aimee Melissa Beaulieu

      $637,018
      award amount
    • 5R01AR073912-07Department: NIH department code
      T cell regulation of pathogenic B cells in systemic autoimmunity
      $436,319
      award amount
    • 1R21AI190857-01Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Tbet+ B cells in viral reinfection
      $416,121
      award amount

  9. Christian Hinrichs

    Leads 2 awards · $1,411,323

    • 5R00CA195682-04Department: NIH department code
      The Landscape of Tumor intrinsic Genetic Resistance to T cell Therapy
      $783,430
      award amount
    • 5U01CA287904-02Department: NIH department code
      E7 TCR-T cell therapy for HPV-associated cancers

      Principal investigators: Christian Hinrichs (contact PI), James L. Gulley, Jian Cao

      $627,893
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R21CA286389-02, led by Shin-Heng Chiou.

  10. Lanbo Shi

    Leads 2 awards · $998,146

    • 5R01AI177788-03Department: NIH department code
      One-carbon metabolism and immune cell function in tuberculosis

      Principal investigators: Lanbo Shi (contact PI), Padmini Salgame

      $769,711
      award amount
    • 5R21AI180662-02Department: NIH department code
      Type II arginase and tuberculosis pathogenesis
      $228,435
      award amount

  11. Ethan A Halm

    Leads 1 award · $941,964

    • 5K12TR004788-02Department: NIH department code
      NJ ACTS: A Platform for Translational Science in New Jersey: CTSA K12 Program at Rutgers, Biomedical Health Sciences

      Principal investigators: Ethan A Halm (contact PI), John R. Chan

      $941,964
      award amount

  12. Ricardo Rajsbaum

    Leads 2 awards · $925,368

    • 5R01AI166668-06Department: NIH department code
      The Role of the Host Ubiquitin System in Promoting SARS-CoV-2 replication and Pathogenesis
      $471,011
      award amount
    • 5R01AI155466-04Department: NIH department code
      The Role of TRIM6 and Ubiquitin in Influenza Virus-Induced Pathology
      $454,357
      award amount

  13. Carolyn Heckman

    Leads 1 award · $861,930

    • 1R34CA293237-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A dyadic digital skin cancer prevention intervention for adolescents and their parents

      Principal investigators: Carolyn Heckman (contact PI), Katie A Devine

      $861,930
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01CA260831-04, led by Michael B. Steinberg; 5R01CA264548-04, led by Sharon L Manne.

  14. Stanley H Weiss

    Leads 1 award · $727,891

    • 5R01DA050495-05Department: NIH department code
      The Epidemiology of the Weiss Cohort Project
      $727,891
      award amount

  15. Melissa Mercincavage

    Leads 1 award · $687,511

    • 1R37CA296976-01A1Department: NIH department code
      A randomized trial of charcoal-filtered cigarettes on product perceptions, smoking behaviors, and toxicant exposure
      $687,511
      award amount

  16. Partho P Sengupta

    Leads 1 award · $671,544

    • 1R01HL173998-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Cardiac Ultrasound Radiomics-Guided Deep Neural Networks for Acute Myocardial Infarction Precision Phenotyping
      $671,544
      award amount

  17. Shin-Heng Chiou

    Leads 2 awards · $663,436

    • 5R01CA285774-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidation of hypoxia-induced metastatic reprogramming through the regulation of KDM8 function in pancreatic cancer
      $479,942
      award amount
    • 5R21CA286389-02Department: NIH department code
      Developing TCR-T cell therapy in renal cell carcinoma

      Principal investigators: Shin-Heng Chiou (contact PI), Christian Hinrichs

      $183,494
      award amount

  18. Michael B. Steinberg

    Leads 1 award · $648,215

    • 5R01CA260831-04Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating Cigarette Relighting Behavior: Prevalence, Correlates, Toxicant Exposure, and Implications for Cessation

      Principal investigators: Michael B. Steinberg (contact PI), Carolyn Heckman, Irina Stepanov

      $648,215
      award amount

  19. Mark Christopher Siracusa

    Leads 1 award · $619,171

    • 5R01AI180644-02Department: NIH department code
      Car4 regulates M2 macrophage responses and host protection to helminths
      $619,171
      award amount

  20. Nicholas J. Bessman

    Leads 2 awards · $615,686

    • 5DP2AI154440-05Department: NIH department code
      Immune regulation of tissue iron in health and disease
      $439,377
      award amount
    • 5K01DK128308-05Department: NIH department code
      The role of local iron homeostasis in inflammatory bowel disease
      $176,309
      award amount

  21. Gloria Marcela Rodriguez

    Leads 1 award · $614,027

    • 5R01AI162821-05Department: NIH department code
      Role of mycobacterial dynamin-like proteins in the biogenesis of membrane vesicles, and host-pathogen interactions

      Principal investigators: Gloria Marcela Rodriguez (contact PI), Padmini Salgame

      $614,027
      award amount

  22. Sharon L Manne

    Leads 1 award · $612,975

    • 5R01CA264548-04Department: NIH department code
      A digital intervention to improve skin self-examination among melanoma survivors

      Principal investigators: Sharon L Manne (contact PI), Carolyn Heckman

      $612,975
      award amount

  23. Selvakumar Subbian

    Leads 1 award · $589,119

    • 5R01AI161822-05Department: NIH department code
      Optimizing vaccine science to improve the outcome of tuberculosis treatment
      $589,119
      award amount

  24. Jian Cao

    Leads 2 awards · $508,244

    • 5R01CA272578-04Department: NIH department code
      Hepatitis B virus integrations in KMT2B drive hepatocellular carcinoma
      $429,744
      award amount
    • 1R03CA297201-01Department: NIH department code
      Unveiling a Novel Mechanism of Oncovirus-Induced Carcinogenesis
      $78,500
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5U01CA287904-02, led by Christian Hinrichs.

  25. Jeffrey Lee Carson

    Leads 1 award · $505,738

    • 5R01HL171977-02Department: NIH department code
      Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Red Blood Cell Transfusion Trials Comparing Liberal versus Restrictive Thresholds
      $505,738
      award amount

  26. Yanxiang Guo

    Leads 2 awards · $502,171

    • 5R01CA237347-06Department: NIH department code
      Elucidate the mechanism of autophagy in supporting Lkb1-deficient lung tumorigenesis and metastasis
      $281,978
      award amount
    • 1R21CA288674-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Elucidate the role and mechanism of IFNε in Kras-driven lung tumorigenesis

      Principal investigators: Yanxiang Guo (contact PI), Theresa L Chang

      $220,193
      award amount

  27. Moshmi M Bhattacharya

    Leads 1 award · $473,236

    • 5R01DK129870-04Department: NIH department code
      Hepatic fat accumulation in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: critical regulation by kisspeptin signaling
      $473,236
      award amount

  28. Kyle Kristopher Payne

    Leads 1 award · $468,373

    • 1R37CA295820-01Department: NIH department code
      Cancer cell-intrinsic mitochondrial stress responses influence protective immunity
      $468,373
      award amount

  29. Bishr Omary

    Leads 1 award · $446,614

    • 5R01DK116548-07Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of Proteotoxicity and Experimental Therapeutic Approaches in Porphyria
      $446,614
      award amount

  30. Martin J Blaser

    Leads 1 award · $430,474

    • 5U01AI122285-08Department: NIH department code
      Microbial, immune, metabolic perturbations by antibiotics (MIME study)

      Principal investigators: Martin J Blaser (contact PI), Steven M Holland

      $430,474
      award amount

  31. Tina Y Liu

    Leads 1 award · $360,247

    • 1R35GM156941-01Department: NIH department code
      Exploring Diverse Mechanisms of Type III CRISPR-Cas signaling.
      $360,247
      award amount

  32. Xiaoyang Su

    Leads 1 award · $321,850

    • 5R01GM149664-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of SLC45A4 in GABA Metabolism
      $321,850
      award amount

  33. William Evan Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $283,288

    • 5R01GM127430-08Department: NIH department code
      Removing batch effects in high-throughput biomedical studies
      $283,288
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI175315-03, led by Padmini Salgame.

  34. Bobby Brooke F Herrera

    Leads 1 award · $272,133

    • 1R21AI180263-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Rapid Antigen Test for Diagnosis of Active HCV Infection
      $272,133
      award amount

  35. Benjamin Bates

    Leads 1 award · $249,218

    • 5K08CA283268-02Department: NIH department code
      Evaluating, Preparing, and Responding to Care Disruptions and Health Outcomes Among Patients with Breast Cancer Following Severe Storms
      $249,218
      award amount

  36. Ran Jing

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00HL170075-03Department: NIH department code
      Identification of Novel Epigenetic Regulators of lymphocyte Development
      $249,000
      award amount

  37. Steven R Brant

    Leads 1 award · $242,663

    • 5U01DK062431-24Department: NIH department code
      IBD Gene Mapping by Clinical and Population Subset
      $242,663
      award amount

  38. Lea A Chen

    Leads 1 award · $235,500

    • 1R03DK142053-01Department: NIH department code
      Gut Microbial Functions that Impact Multiplex and Non-multiplex Crohn’s Disease Risk.
      $235,500
      award amount

  39. Chaelin Karen Ra

    Leads 1 award · $228,679

    • 5K99DA058711-02Department: NIH department code
      Using Mobile Technology to Examine Mechanisms Linking Sleep and Smoking Cessation
      $228,679
      award amount

  40. Tengteng Wang

    Leads 1 award · $186,004

    • 5R00CA267557-04Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the role of the gut microbiome in the etiology of benign breast disease
      $186,004
      award amount

  41. Hari S Iyer

    Leads 1 award · $184,921

    • 5K01ES035734-02Department: NIH department code
      Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Prostate Cancer: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Detection
      $184,921
      award amount

  42. Chandni Shah

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 1FM1AG101700-01Department: NIH department code
      NIH MD/PhD Track 1 FM1 Application for Shah
      $54,538
      award amount

  43. Chloe M Cavanaugh

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 7F30AI157182-04Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism and Therapeutic Implication of Host Cell Telomerase Modulation by Human Cytomegalovirus
      $54,538
      award amount

  44. Denay Richards

    Leads 1 award · $54,538

    • 5F30AR081690-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the epidermal microenvironment in melanoblast migration and invasion: a novel approach to understanding invasive melanoma
      $54,538
      award amount

  45. Swetha Kodali

    Leads 1 award · $52,984

    • 5F30AI176796-02Department: NIH department code
      Harnessing Amide Linkers for Antitubercular Drug Development
      $52,984
      award amount

  46. Elaheh S. Hosseini

    Leads 1 award · $48,759

    • 1F99CA305528-01Department: NIH department code
      Interrogating the role of BLTP3A in organizing protective immunity in ovarian cancer
      $48,759
      award amount

  47. Kyla Elise Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $45,242

    • 5F31AI176806-02Department: NIH department code
      Host-pathogen interactions and carbon processing in glycerol kinase deficient Mycobacterium tuberculosis
      $45,242
      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.