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FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators

Internal Medicine at Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Funding
$24.3M
$24,259,087
Awards
48
FY2026 NIH awards in Internal Medicine
Principal investigators
57
49 lead a grant here, 8 co-investigators
Department rank
#56
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 Temple University page.

Leads a grant in this department

49 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. Anjali M Rajadhyaksha

    Leads 3 awards · $3,165,828

    • 2P30DA013429-26Department: NIH department code
      Center for Integrative Addiction Neurobiology (CIAN)

      Principal investigators: Anjali M Rajadhyaksha (contact PI), Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen (contact PI), Lynn G Kirby (contact PI), Munir Gunes Kutlu (contact PI), Sara J Ward (contact PI), Scott M. Rawls (contact PI)

      $1,986,062
      award amount
    • 5R01DA054368-06Department: NIH department code
      Circuit and Synaptic Mechanisms of Endocannabinoid-Opioid Crosstalk

      Principal investigators: Anjali M Rajadhyaksha (contact PI), Francis Sang Yong Lee

      $667,788
      award amount
    • 5R01DA053261-05Department: NIH department code
      Investigating the mechanistic contribution of Cav1.2 channels in extinction of cocaine-associated memories
      $511,978
      award amount

  2. John William Elrod

    Leads 2 awards · $3,074,654

    • 5P01HL134608-08Department: NIH department code
      Exosomes as mediators of cardiac injury and repair

      Principal investigators: Douglas Tilley (contact PI), John William Elrod (contact PI), Raj Kishore (contact PI), Walter J. Koch (contact PI)

      $2,331,634
      award amount
    • 5R01HL172926-02Department: NIH department code
      Metabolic pathways in cardiac physiology and heart failure
      $743,020
      award amount

  3. Raj Kishore

    Leads 2 awards · $2,936,075

    • 5P01HL134608-08Department: NIH department code
      Exosomes as mediators of cardiac injury and repair

      Principal investigators: Douglas Tilley (contact PI), John William Elrod (contact PI), Raj Kishore (contact PI), Walter J. Koch (contact PI)

      $2,331,634
      award amount
    • 5R01HL169405-03Department: NIH department code
      MyomiR-499, Exosomes and Endothelial and Endothelial Progenitor Cells dysfunction in Diabetes
      $604,441
      award amount

  4. Scott M. Rawls

    Leads 3 awards · $2,713,563

    • 2P30DA013429-26Department: NIH department code
      Center for Integrative Addiction Neurobiology (CIAN)

      Principal investigators: Anjali M Rajadhyaksha (contact PI), Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen (contact PI), Lynn G Kirby (contact PI), Munir Gunes Kutlu (contact PI), Sara J Ward (contact PI), Scott M. Rawls (contact PI)

      $1,986,062
      award amount
    • 5R01DA061116-02Department: NIH department code
      Chemokine Receptor Antagonists (CRAs): Characterization in Preclinical Models of Methamphetamine Use Disorder
      $529,376
      award amount
    • 5R21DA062400-02Department: NIH department code
      Xylazine effects on methamphetamine-induced behavioral alterations in rats
      $198,125
      award amount

  5. Lee-Yuan Liu-Chen

    Leads 2 awards · $2,563,507

  6. Douglas Tilley

    Leads 1 award · $2,331,634

  7. Walter J. Koch

    Leads 1 award · $2,331,634

  8. Grace X. Ma

    Leads 2 awards · $2,254,666

  9. Xavier Grana

    Leads 3 awards · $2,232,348

    • 5U54CA221705-09Department: NIH department code
      TUFCCC/HC Regional Comprehensive Cancer Health Partnership

      Principal investigators: Eric Andrew Ross (contact PI), Grace X. Ma (contact PI), Xavier Grana (contact PI), Yin Tan (contact PI), Camille C. Ragin, Jennifer S Ford, Joel Erblich

      $1,474,382
      award amount
    • 1R35GM164078-01Department: NIH department code
      Protein Phosphatase 2A/B55, substrates, and inhibitors in the regulation of cell cycle and checkpoint phosphorylation signaling
      $448,593
      award amount
    • 2T32GM142606-06Department: NIH department code
      Molecular Biology and Genetics: Signaling, Epigenetics and Genome Maintenance

      Principal investigators: Xavier Grana (contact PI), Kelly A Whelan

      $309,373
      award amount

  10. Lynn G Kirby

    Leads 1 award · $1,986,062

  11. Munir Gunes Kutlu

    Leads 1 award · $1,986,062

  12. Sara J Ward

    Leads 1 award · $1,986,062

  13. Eric Andrew Ross

    Leads 1 award · $1,474,382

  14. Yin Tan

    Leads 1 award · $1,474,382

  15. Satya P. Kunapuli

    Leads 1 award · $874,901

    • 5R35HL155694-06Department: NIH department code
      Novel signaling molecules regulating platelet activation
      $874,901
      award amount

  16. Jillian Noelle Simon

    Leads 1 award · $703,206

    • 5R01HL180055-02Department: NIH department code
      Lysosomal ionic dysregulation in heart disease
      $703,206
      award amount

  17. Ying Tian

    Leads 1 award · $688,622

    • 5R01HL172848-03Department: NIH department code
      Elucidating the contribution of mitochondrial calcium uptake to lung epithelial regeneration
      $688,622
      award amount

  18. Kelly A Whelan

    Leads 1 award · $679,490

    • 5R01DK136987-03Department: NIH department code
      Mitochondria in eosinophilic esophagitis pathogenesis
      $679,490
      award amount

    Also a principal investigator on 2T32GM142606-06, led by Xavier Grana.

  19. David W Essex

    Leads 1 award · $676,467

    • 5R01HL162845-04Department: NIH department code
      The Transmembrane Protein Disulfide Isomerase TMX1 Negatively Regulates Thrombosis
      $676,467
      award amount

  20. Juncheng Wei

    Leads 1 award · $662,351

    • 1R01DK147277-01Department: NIH department code
      MARCH6-ERAD in hepatic lipid metabolism and MASLD
      $662,351
      award amount

  21. David B Sarwer

    Leads 1 award · $645,002

    • 5R01DK133264-04Department: NIH department code
      Evaluation of a Remotely-Delivered Behavioral Intervention for Post-Bariatric Surgery Weight Regain

      Principal investigators: David B Sarwer (contact PI), Lauren E Bradley

      $645,002
      award amount

  22. Jennifer Orlet Fisher

    Leads 1 award · $634,462

    • 5R01DK132642-04Department: NIH department code
      Deconstructing food parenting approaches to obesity prevention for the highly food motivated child

      Principal investigators: Jennifer Orlet Fisher (contact PI), Sheryl O Hughes

      $634,462
      award amount

  23. Xiaofeng Yang

    Leads 1 award · $633,252

    • 5R01HL163570-04Department: NIH department code
      LysoPI/GPR55 pathway promotes endothelial activation, vascular inflammation and atherosclerosis
      $633,252
      award amount

  24. Domenico Pratico

    Leads 1 award · $550,071

    • 5R01AG080817-04Department: NIH department code
      Proteostasis dysregulation and the development of Alzheimer's-like neurodegeneration and dementia in Down syndrome
      $550,071
      award amount

  25. Venkata Naga Srikanth Garikipati

    Leads 1 award · $544,861

    • 5R01HL164794-04Department: NIH department code
      Role of small RNAs in ischemic tissue repair
      $544,861
      award amount

  26. Young-Jin Son

    Leads 1 award · $512,020

    • 5R01NS145451-02Department: NIH department code
      Modality-specific restoration of somatosensory connections after dorsal root injury
      $512,020
      award amount

  27. Ellen M Unterwald

    Leads 1 award · $469,179

    • 5R01DA054921-05Department: NIH department code
      SARS-CoV-2 signaling and interactions with stimulant drugs of abuse via Sigma-1R: Impact on the BBB

      Principal investigators: Ellen M Unterwald (contact PI), Gabriela Cristina Brailoiu

      $469,179
      award amount

  28. Xiaolei Liu

    Leads 1 award · $460,898

    • 5R01HL163269-04Department: NIH department code
      Dissecting the functional roles of cardiac lymphatics in ischemic heart disease
      $460,898
      award amount

  29. Gareth Thomas

    Leads 1 award · $435,875

    • 1R21NS149559-01Department: NIH department code
      Physiological and Pathological Roles and Targets of DLK/JNK signaling in distal axons
      $435,875
      award amount

  30. Concepcion Estaras

    Leads 1 award · $415,849

    • 5R01HD106969-05Department: NIH department code
      The Role of Hippo-Yap1 Signaling in Germ-layer Specification
      $415,849
      award amount

  31. Ling Yang

    Leads 1 award · $348,700

    • 5R01DK134494-04Department: NIH department code
      Regulation and Function of Thioredoxin Interacting Protein (Txnip) in Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)
      $348,700
      award amount

  32. Jayashri Ghosh

    Leads 1 award · $332,487

    • 5R01CA281948-04Department: NIH department code
      Development of blood-based methylation biomarkers for CRC risk prediction
      $332,487
      award amount

  33. Rihab Bouchareb

    Leads 1 award · $317,000

    • 5R01DK135470-04Department: NIH department code
      Platelet-mitochondria transplantation to treat mitochondrial dysfunction in acute kidney injury
      $317,000
      award amount

  34. Henry Paul Parkman

    Leads 1 award · $293,516

    • 5U01DK073975-20Department: NIH department code
      Temple University Gastroparesis Clinical Center
      $293,516
      award amount

  35. Nathaniel W. Snyder

    Leads 1 award · $277,375

    • 5R35GM156596-02Department: NIH department code
      Measuring compartmentalized metabolism of cofactors
      $277,375
      award amount

  36. Amina Abdul-Aziz

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00CA246083-06Department: NIH department code
      Impact of the senescent bone marrow microenvironment in AML biology
      $249,000
      award amount

  37. Peiheng Gan

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 5R00HL171888-04Department: NIH department code
      RBPMS, a novel RNA splicing regulator of cardiac function and disease
      $249,000
      award amount

  38. Rich Gang Li

    Leads 1 award · $249,000

    • 4R00HL174827-04Department: NIH department code
      COMPLEMENT IN THE CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT DURING CARDIAC RENEWAL
      $249,000
      award amount

  39. Jacqueline Giovanniello

    Leads 1 award · $245,650

    • 5R00MH135177-04Department: NIH department code
      Revealing the neural mechanisms of amygdala-striatal control of stress-induced habits
      $245,650
      award amount

  40. Christopher William Schultz

    Leads 1 award · $241,079

    • 5R00CA277246-03Department: NIH department code
      Understanding and targeting unique vulnerabilities governing G1/S transition and replication stress in small cell lung cancer
      $241,079
      award amount

  41. Liselotte E Jensen

    Leads 1 award · $237,751

    • 1R21AI195414-01Department: NIH department code
      CRISPR-based in vivo attenuation of HSV to improve immune control of genital herpes infection

      Principal investigators: Liselotte E Jensen (contact PI), Rafal Kaminski

      $237,751
      award amount

  42. Leanne Holt

    Leads 1 award · $141,912

    • 7K01DA062014-03Department: NIH department code
      Investigation of the Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Astrocytic CREB's Regulation of Cocaine Drug-Seeking
      $141,912
      award amount

  43. Amanda Peluzzo

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HL172580-03Department: NIH department code
      IL-19 Modifies Lymphatic Flux During Hyperlipidemia
      $55,114
      award amount

  44. Henry Cohen

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30AG082407-04Department: NIH department code
      The Role of MICU3 in Alzheimer's Disease Pathogenesis
      $55,114
      award amount

  45. Morgan Pantuck

    Leads 1 award · $55,114

    • 5F30HL174158-03Department: NIH department code
      Linking Mitochondrial Calcium to Histone Methylation Underlying Lung Regeneration
      $55,114
      award amount

  46. Casey Geok-Mui Lim

    Leads 1 award · $44,264

    • 1F30NS145687-01A1Department: NIH department code
      Epigenetic regulatory function of Bap1 in dentate gyrus development
      $44,264
      award amount

  47. Olivia Mae Pericak

    Leads 1 award · $44,264

    • 1F30NS147556-01Department: NIH department code
      Cellular Mechanisms of Periventricular Heterotopia
      $44,264
      award amount

  48. Esteban Delgado

    Leads 1 award · $36,900

    • 1F31HL186557-01Department: NIH department code
      The functional roles of TGF-beta signaling in cardiac lymphangiogenesis during myocardial ischemia
      $36,900
      award amount

  49. Anne Fuller

    Leads 1 award · $36,840

    • 5F31CA294914-02Department: NIH department code
      Understanding eosinophilic esophagitis-mediated inhibition of esophageal cancer
      $36,840
      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.

  • Camille C. Ragin

    Co-investigator on 5U54CA221705-09, led by Eric Andrew Ross and Grace X. Ma and Xavier Grana and Yin Tan

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

  • Jennifer S Ford

    Co-investigator on 5U54CA221705-09, led by Eric Andrew Ross and Grace X. Ma and Xavier Grana and Yin Tan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Joel Erblich

    Co-investigator on 5U54CA221705-09, led by Eric Andrew Ross and Grace X. Ma and Xavier Grana and Yin Tan

    From the FY2026 awards this person leads

  • Francis Sang Yong Lee

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA054368-06, led by Anjali M Rajadhyaksha

    From the FY2024 awards this person leads

  • Lauren E Bradley

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK133264-04, led by David B Sarwer

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

  • Sheryl O Hughes

    Co-investigator on 5R01DK132642-04, led by Jennifer Orlet Fisher

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

  • Gabriela Cristina Brailoiu

    Co-investigator on 5R01DA054921-05, led by Ellen M Unterwald

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

  • Rafal Kaminski

    Co-investigator on 1R21AI195414-01, led by Liselotte E Jensen

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