FY2026 NIH awards · Principal investigators
Veterinary Sciences at Tufts University
Boston, MA
- 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 Veterinary Sciences row of the Tufts University page.
Leads a grant in this department
15 contact PIs of these awards, by the funding they lead. Other principal investigators on an award are listed with it and under Co-investigators.
Sam R Telford
Leads 2 awards · $2,707,174
- 5UC7AI180310-04Department: NIH department codeResources and workforce development for the New England Regional Biosafety Laboratory
Principal investigators: Sam R Telford (contact PI), Cheryl A London
$2,298,057award amount - 5R61AI187098-02Department: NIH department codeIn vitro culture of Babesia microti$409,117award amount
Cheryl A London
Leads 4 awards · $2,170,013
- 5RC2TR004377-04Department: NIH department codeOptimizing integration of veterinary clinical research findings with human health systems to improve strategies for early detection and intervention$811,280award amount
- 5R01CA294792-02Department: NIH department codeModelling the dynamics of spontaneous clonal hematopoiesis in pet dogs during cancer therapy
Principal investigators: Cheryl A London (contact PI), Alexander Bick, Elinor Karlsson
$693,642award amount - 5U01CA272268-05Department: NIH department codeGeneration of tumor specific immunity in canine osteosarcoma through dendritic cell hyperactivation
Principal investigators: Cheryl A London (contact PI), Jillian M Richmond
$560,520award amount - 5T35OD033655-05Department: NIH department codeCross-Disciplinary Research Training for Veterinary Students
Principal investigators: Cheryl A London (contact PI), Kelly Ann Metcalf Pate
$104,571award amount
Also a principal investigator on 5UC7AI180310-04, led by Sam R Telford.
Yi-Pin Lin
Leads 2 awards · $1,701,147
- 1R01AI184476-01A1Department: NIH department codeDefine the mechanisms targeting a B. burgdorferi protein CspZ to prevent Lyme disease infection$862,348award amount
- 5R01AI181746-03Department: NIH department codeImmunomodulatory mechanisms of wild bird reservoir hosts that facilitate persistence of Lyme disease bacteria$838,799award amount
Vicky K. Yang
Leads 1 award · $839,275
- 1R01HL175467-01A1Department: NIH department codeImmune landscape of mitral valve prolapse$839,275award amount
Cammie Lesser
Leads 1 award · $749,100
- 5R01AI169795-04Department: NIH department codeShigella mediated regulation of epithelial cell inflammasomes$749,100award amount
Heather Lynn Gardner
Leads 1 award · $692,980
- 1R01CA302716-01A1Department: NIH department codeValidation of a canine cancer model of early genetic detection of treatment failure and directed systemic intervention to improve outcomes in cancer patients
Principal investigators: Heather Lynn Gardner (contact PI), Ryan D. Roberts
$692,980award amount
Megan Kiely Mueller
Leads 1 award · $596,855
- 5R01HD109808-04Department: NIH department codeLongitudinal assessment of specificity in adolescent-dog relationships and adaptive coping for youth with social anxiety$596,855award amount
Charles Bix Shoemaker
Leads 1 award · $531,688
- 1R61AI197779-01Department: NIH department codeNext Generation pan-serotype,antitoxin for botulinum neurotoxin exposures
Principal investigators: Charles Bix Shoemaker (contact PI), Bryan Berube, Patrick Michael McNutt, Rongsheng Jin
$531,688award amount
Amanda Martinot
Leads 1 award · $490,704
- 1R21AI185451-01A1Department: NIH department codeSpatial multi-omics to predict granuloma trajectory and bacterial restriction during vaccination$490,704award amount
Patrick J Skelly
Leads 1 award · $412,500
- 5R01AI056273-19Department: NIH department codeFunctional Characterization of the Schistosome Tegument$412,500award amount
Cornelia Ward Mary Peterson
Leads 1 award · $126,576
- 5K01OD034451-03Department: NIH department codeInvestigating the Role of MYC in Meibomian Gland Oncogenesis$126,576award amount
Sydney Yearley
Leads 1 award · $55,864
- 5F30MD019954-02Department: NIH department codeInvestigation of the geographic, sociodemographic, and patient specific differences in plant-based food consumption in youth to inform strategies that promote better nutrition and improve health$55,864award amount
Emma Carolyn Lofgren
Leads 1 award · $46,302
- 1F31AI200450-01Department: NIH department codeImpact of Yersinia Yops on M cell population dynamics and host immunity$46,302award amount
Hunter Cole Russell
Leads 1 award · $46,302
- 1F31AI200198-01Department: NIH department codeCharacterizing the Mechanism of Viral Entry Initiation in HSV$46,302award amount
Morgan McNellis
Leads 1 award · $46,302
- 5F31AI186517-03Department: NIH department codePseudoprotease-mediated regulation of germinant sensing in Clostridioides difficile$46,302award 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.
Alexander Bick
Co-investigator on 5R01CA294792-02, led by Cheryl A London
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (no department on record, 3 awards)
Elinor Karlsson
Co-investigator on 5R01CA294792-02, led by Cheryl A London
From the FY2025 awards this person leads
- University of Massachusetts Medical School Worcester · Biostatistics & Math Sciences (NIH department code, 1 award)
Ryan D. Roberts
Co-investigator on 1R01CA302716-01A1, led by Heather Lynn Gardner
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Nationwide Children's Hospital · Pediatrics (investigator's affiliation, 1 award)
Jillian M Richmond
Co-investigator on 5U01CA272268-05, led by Cheryl A London
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Bryan Berube
Co-investigator on 1R61AI197779-01, led by Charles Bix Shoemaker
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.
Patrick Michael McNutt
Co-investigator on 1R61AI197779-01, led by Charles Bix Shoemaker
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences · Internal Medicine (NIH department code, 4 awards)
Rongsheng Jin
Co-investigator on 1R61AI197779-01, led by Charles Bix Shoemaker
From the FY2026 awards this person leads
- University of California-Irvine · Physiology (NIH department code, 1 award)
Kelly Ann Metcalf Pate
Co-investigator on 5T35OD033655-05, led by Cheryl A London
Own institution and department: not known. ScienceDex has no NIH award this person leads as contact PI.