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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at Rutgers University

Newark, NJ

Funding
$49.9M
$49,908,829
Awards
73
FY2026 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
65
50 lead a grant here, 15 co-investigators
Department rank
#35
of 133 · 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

50 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 4 awards · $6,950,442

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI175315-04, led by Padmini Salgame.

  2. David Alland

    Leads 5 awards · $6,889,365

    • 5UC7AI180307-04Department: NIH department code
      Resources, Workforce Development, and Animal Models for the Rutgers RBL

      Principal investigators: David Alland (contact PI), Deborah Ann Lazzarino (contact PI), Padmini Salgame (contact PI), Preeti Bharaj (contact PI)

      $3,815,617
      award amount
    • 1R01AI192623-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Identifying drug tolerance mechanisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis glpK mutants to develop better treatments against drug tolerant persister bacilli.
      $811,772
      award amount
    • 5R01AI189899-02Department: NIH department code
      Unraveling the spectrum of intrabacterial amide hydrolysis to develop new classes of pyrazinoic acid prodrugs against pyrazinamide resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis
      $792,528
      award amount
    • 5R01AI182257-03Department: NIH department code
      Point of care detection of fluroquinolone, bedaquiline and linezolid resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis for rapid treatment decisions.
      $782,450
      award amount
    • 5R01AI179961-03Department: NIH department code
      Nanoreactor beads for POC TB resistance testing
      $686,998
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI190528-02, led by Jerrold J. Ellner; 5R01AI194375-02, led by Yingda Linda Xie; 3R01AI190528-02S2, led by Jerrold J. Ellner; 3R01AI190528-02S1, led by Jerrold J. Ellner.

  3. Padmini Salgame

    Leads 4 awards · $6,589,614

    • 5UC7AI180307-04Department: NIH department code
      Resources, Workforce Development, and Animal Models for the Rutgers RBL

      Principal investigators: David Alland (contact PI), Deborah Ann Lazzarino (contact PI), Padmini Salgame (contact PI), Preeti Bharaj (contact PI)

      $3,815,617
      award amount
    • 5R01AI194372-02Department: NIH department code
      Host-bacterial interactions determining the spectrum of Mtb transmission
      $1,018,229
      award amount
    • 5R01AI175315-04Department: NIH department code
      Biomarker Signatures of TB Infection in Young Children With and Without HIV

      Principal investigators: Padmini Salgame (contact PI), Jerrold J. Ellner, William Evan Johnson

      $1,003,889
      award amount
    • 5R01AI177853-03Department: 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

      $751,879
      award amount

  4. Reynold Alexander Panettieri

    Leads 1 award · $5,567,263

    • 5UM1TR004789-03Department: NIH department code
      NJ ACTS: A Platform for Translational Science in New Jersey
      $5,567,263
      award amount

  5. Deborah Ann Lazzarino

    Leads 1 award · $3,815,617

  6. Preeti Bharaj

    Leads 1 award · $3,815,617

  7. Yingda Linda Xie

    Leads 4 awards · $2,384,763

    • 5R01AI194375-02Department: NIH department code
      Transmission Links and Clinical Spectrum of Exhaled Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

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

      $1,011,626
      award amount
    • 5R01AI182281-03Department: NIH department code
      Development of a highly-multiplexed CRISPR-based TB drug susceptibility test

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

      $717,858
      award amount
    • 5R01AI175555-03Department: NIH department code
      Imaging signatures of early tuberculosis
      $361,421
      award amount
    • 3R01AI175555-03S1Department: NIH department code
      Imaging signatures of early tuberculosis
      $293,858
      award amount

  8. Antonella Zanobetti

    Leads 3 awards · $2,227,796

    • 7RF1NS144225-02Department: NIH department code
      The Impact of Environmental factors on Lewy Body Dementia: Combining Claims Data and Mechanistic Studies

      Principal investigators: Antonella Zanobetti (contact PI), Danielle Braun

      $1,440,807
      award amount
    • 7R01ES034373-05Department: NIH department code
      (R01 Transfer) Characterizing the link between multiple environmental exposures and Parkinsons disease exacerbation

      Principal investigators: Antonella Zanobetti (contact PI), Danielle Braun

      $457,587
      award amount
    • 7R01ES035390-04Department: NIH department code
      A nationwide population-based study investigating the cardiovascular effects of exposure to particulate matter α-, β-, and γ-activities and individual radionuclides
      $329,402
      award amount

  9. Sharon L Manne

    Leads 3 awards · $1,940,412

    • 1R01CA299354-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Sun Safe Families: A Parent- and Child-focused intervention to Improve Sun Safety in Middle Childhood

      Principal investigators: Sharon L Manne (contact PI), Yelena Ping Wu

      $678,215
      award amount
    • 1R01CA311039-01Department: NIH department code
      Playing it Safe in the Sun: A Parent-focused, Social Media-delivered Intervention to Improve Sun Safety for Young Children
      $673,823
      award amount
    • 5R01CA264548-05Department: NIH department code
      A digital intervention to improve skin self-examination among melanoma survivors

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

      $588,374
      award amount

  10. Mark Christopher Siracusa

    Leads 2 awards · $1,359,509

    • 1R01AI191564-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the ontogeny and functions of trained macrophages in type 2 immunity

      Principal investigators: Mark Christopher Siracusa (contact PI), William Clark Gause

      $764,590
      award amount
    • 5R01AI180644-03Department: NIH department code
      Car4 regulates M2 macrophage responses and host protection to helminths
      $594,919
      award amount

  11. Christian Hinrichs

    Leads 2 awards · $1,279,440

    • 1R01CA316381-01Department: NIH department code
      Expanding the Reach of TCR-T Therapies for HPV16-Associated Cancers Beyond HLA-A*02:01

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

      $651,548
      award amount
    • 5U01CA287904-03Department: NIH department code
      E7 TCR-T cell therapy for HPV-associated cancers

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

      $627,892
      award amount

  12. Tengteng Wang

    Leads 3 awards · $1,143,429

    • 1R37CA315609-01Department: NIH department code
      The Human Gut Microbiome and Incident Breast Cancer: A Prospective Epidemiologic Approach
      $723,569
      award amount
    • 5R00CA267557-05Department: NIH department code
      Identifying the role of the gut microbiome in the etiology of benign breast disease
      $248,930
      award amount
    • 1R03CA308463-01Department: NIH department code
      Longitudinal Dynamics of Blood Microbiome and Circulating Tumor Cell in Metastatic Breast Cancer
      $170,930
      award amount

  13. Jason Weinstein

    Leads 2 awards · $1,013,661

    • 5R01AR084705-02Department: NIH department code
      NK cell-mediated regulation of humoral immune responses during autoimmunity

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

      $590,275
      award amount
    • 5R01AR073912-08Department: NIH department code
      T cell regulation of pathogenic B cells in systemic autoimmunity
      $423,386
      award amount

  14. Missak Haigentz

    Leads 1 award · $975,000

    • 1UG1CA308666-01Department: NIH department code
      Clinical Trial Support for the Rutgers Cancer Institute and the RWJBarnabas Health System

      Principal investigators: Missak Haigentz (contact PI), Neil Palmisiano, Salma Jabbour

      $975,000
      award amount

  15. Ethan A Halm

    Leads 1 award · $941,964

    • 5K12TR004788-03Department: 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

  16. Selvakumar Subbian

    Leads 1 award · $813,248

  17. Lea A Chen

    Leads 1 award · $772,697

    • 1R01DK142698-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Gut microbiome manipulation to improve efficacy and durability of anti-TNF treatments for inflammatory bowel disease
      $772,697
      award amount

  18. John R. Chan

    Leads 1 award · $767,305

    • 5R01AI187851-02Department: NIH department code
      B cells in the regulation of lung granulomatous inflammation in TB

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

      $767,305
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5K12TR004788-03, led by Ethan A Halm; 5R01AI177853-03, led by Padmini Salgame.

  19. Alison Morris

    Leads 1 award · $759,514

    • 1R01HL180303-01Department: NIH department code
      Investigating lung aging in people with HIV
      $759,514
      award amount

  20. Yanxiang Guo

    Leads 2 awards · $700,302

    • 1R01CA308211-01Department: NIH department code
      Elucidate the mechanism of targeting MTR to enhance anti-tumor immunity in KRAS-driven lung cancer
      $516,808
      award amount
    • 5R21CA288674-02Department: NIH department code
      Elucidate the role and mechanism of IFNε in Kras-driven lung tumorigenesis

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

      $183,494
      award amount

  21. Melissa Mercincavage

    Leads 1 award · $664,580

    • 5R37CA296976-02Department: NIH department code
      A randomized trial of charcoal-filtered cigarettes on product perceptions, smoking behaviors, and toxicant exposure
      $664,580
      award amount

  22. Partho P Sengupta

    Leads 1 award · $578,414

    • 5R01HL173998-02Department: NIH department code
      Cardiac Ultrasound Radiomics-Guided Deep Neural Networks for Acute Myocardial Infarction Precision Phenotyping
      $578,414
      award amount

  23. Christoph Buettner

    Leads 1 award · $574,757

    • 1R01DK146473-01Department: NIH department code
      The cause of Estrogen Deficiency-Induced Insulin Resistance
      $574,757
      award amount

  24. Jared M. Radbel

    Leads 1 award · $554,766

    • 1R01HL183635-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms underlying susceptibility to ozone-induced ARDS
      $554,766
      award amount

  25. Jeffrey Lee Carson

    Leads 1 award · $531,798

    • 5R01HL171977-03Department: NIH department code
      Individual Patient Data Meta-Analysis of Red Blood Cell Transfusion Trials Comparing Liberal versus Restrictive Thresholds
      $531,798
      award amount

  26. William Evan Johnson

    Leads 3 awards · $519,235

    • 5R01GM127430-09Department: NIH department code
      Removing batch effects in high-throughput biomedical studies
      $283,499
      award amount
    • 1R21AI197168-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel Pediatric TB Diagnostics using Host and Microbial Biomarkers
      $219,536
      award amount
    • 3R21AI197168-01S1Department: NIH department code
      Novel Pediatric TB Diagnostics using Host and Microbial Biomarkers
      $16,200
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 5R01AI175315-04, led by Padmini Salgame.

  27. Jian Cao

    Leads 2 awards · $502,558

    • 5R01CA272578-05Department: NIH department code
      Hepatitis B virus integrations in KMT2B drive hepatocellular carcinoma
      $424,058
      award amount
    • 5R03CA297201-02Department: NIH department code
      Unveiling a Novel Mechanism of Oncovirus-Induced Carcinogenesis
      $78,500
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01CA316381-01, led by Christian Hinrichs; 5U01CA287904-03, led by Christian Hinrichs.

  28. Bishr Omary

    Leads 1 award · $496,238

    • 5R01DK116548-08Department: NIH department code
      Mechanism of Proteotoxicity and Experimental Therapeutic Approaches in Porphyria
      $496,238
      award amount

  29. Shin-Heng Chiou

    Leads 1 award · $480,724

    • 5R01CA285774-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidation of hypoxia-induced metastatic reprogramming through the regulation of KDM8 function in pancreatic cancer
      $480,724
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 1R01CA316381-01, led by Christian Hinrichs.

  30. Kyle Kristopher Payne

    Leads 1 award · $468,373

    • 5R37CA295820-02Department: NIH department code
      Cancer cell-intrinsic mitochondrial stress responses influence protective immunity
      $468,373
      award amount

  31. Steven R Brant

    Leads 1 award · $457,627

    • 5U01DK062431-25Department: NIH department code
      IBD Gene Mapping by Clinical and Population Subset
      $457,627
      award amount

  32. Ricardo Rajsbaum

    Leads 1 award · $454,357

    • 5R01AI155466-05Department: NIH department code
      The Role of TRIM6 and Ubiquitin in Influenza Virus-Induced Pathology
      $454,357
      award amount

  33. Martin J Blaser

    Leads 1 award · $443,788

    • 5U01AI122285-09Department: NIH department code
      Microbial, immune, metabolic perturbations by antibiotics (MIME study)

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

      $443,788
      award amount

  34. Chun Chieh Hsu

    Leads 1 award · $431,750

    • 1R35GM166427-01Department: NIH department code
      Mechanisms of internal m7G modification in RNA metabolism
      $431,750
      award amount

  35. George S. Yap

    Leads 1 award · $431,750

    • 1R21AI197151-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel metabolite-derived anorexigens in infection
      $431,750
      award amount

  36. Darin L Wiesner

    Leads 1 award · $421,098

    • 1R21AI196915-01Department: NIH department code
      Identification and Investigation of CD4+ T cell Clonotypes Comprising a Polyclonal Repertoire Against Aeroallergen in a Murine Model of Allergic Asthma
      $421,098
      award amount

  37. Tina Y Liu

    Leads 1 award · $392,500

    • 5R35GM156941-02Department: NIH department code
      Exploring Diverse Mechanisms of Type III CRISPR-Cas signaling.
      $392,500
      award amount

  38. Anat Kreimer

    Leads 1 award · $353,250

    • 1R01LM015044-01Department: NIH department code
      Novel computational genomics methods for deciphering non-coding regulatory variation
      $353,250
      award amount

  39. Xiaoyang Su

    Leads 1 award · $321,850

    • 5R01GM149664-04Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the Role of SLC45A4 in GABA Metabolism
      $321,850
      award amount

  40. Benjamin Bates

    Leads 1 award · $249,218

    • 5K08CA283268-03Department: 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

  41. Chaelin Karen Ra

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00DA058711-03Department: NIH department code
      Using Mobile Technology to Examine Mechanisms Linking Sleep and Smoking Cessation
      $249,000
      award amount

  42. Mengze Lyu

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00CA290052-03Department: NIH department code
      Defining novel mechanisms of microbiota in regulating anti-tumor responses
      $249,000
      award amount

  43. Sanjay Tyagi

    Leads 1 award · $239,352

    • 1R61CA302538-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Deep T-Cell Receptor profiling using droplet PCR and Sloppy Molecular Beacons
      $239,352
      award amount

  44. Hari S Iyer

    Leads 1 award · $184,962

    • 5K01ES035734-03Department: NIH department code
      Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Prostate Cancer: Opportunities for Prevention and Early Detection
      $184,962
      award amount

  45. Tara Marie Friebel-Klingner

    Leads 1 award · $138,500

    • 1K01CA301031-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Implementing breast cancer early detection measures in primary healthcare facilities in Botswana
      $138,500
      award amount

  46. Gloria Marcela Rodriguez

    Leads 1 award · $78,500

    • 1R03AI192377-01A1Department: NIH department code
      The effects of Mycobacterial extracellular vesicles in early pathogen-host interactions
      $78,500
      award amount

  47. Denay Richards

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AR081690-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the epidermal microenvironment in melanoblast migration and invasion: a novel approach to understanding invasive melanoma
      $55,114
      award amount

  48. Elaheh S. Hosseini

    Leads 1 award · $47,835

    • 5F99CA305528-02Department: NIH department code
      Interrogating the role of BLTP3A in organizing protective immunity in ovarian cancer
      $47,835
      award amount

  49. Kimberly Izarraras

    Leads 1 award · $43,714

    • 1F31DK149482-01Department: NIH department code
      Targeting MASH/fibrosis: critical regulation by kisspeptin signaling
      $43,714
      award amount

  50. Kyla Elise Johnson

    Leads 1 award · $34,114

    • 5F31AI176806-03Department: NIH department code
      Host-pathogen interactions and carbon processing in glycerol kinase deficient Mycobacterium tuberculosis
      $34,114
      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.